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4/24/24, 11:50 AM UAE, Columbia boost trade, investment cooperate with CEPA signing | Emirates News Agency
The CEPA between the UAE and Colombia comes within

the framework of the UAE's Comprehensive Economic

Partnership Programme. CEPA agreements have been

signed with India, Israel, Indonesia, Turkey, Cambodia,

Georgia, and Costa Rica.

The agreement with Colombia is the latest pillar of the

UAE’s CEPA programme, which aims to raise the value of

the country's non-oil foreign trade to AED 4 trillion by

2031. Agreements with India, Israel, Indonesia, Türkiye,

and Cambodia are now in full operation and are already

making a significant contribution to the UAE’s non-oil

foreign trade, which reached a record AED 2.6 trillion –

AED 3.5 trillion including trade in services – in 2023.

The meetings were attended by Mohammed Abdullah Al

Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia,

with the UAE delegation including several government

officials and business leaders from leading private

sector companies.

 Amjad Saleh

Economy United Arab Emirates (UAE) COLOMBIA (COL)

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