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‘Saudi Arabia, UAE embark on a new era’

MOHAMMAD: JOINT STRATEGY A HISTORIC STEP TO CREATE ARAB DEVELOPMEN­T MODEL

- Staff Report

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has said the ‘Strategy of Resolve’ announced by Saudi Arabia and the UAE is a historic cohesive step towards the future for both countries.

Shaikh Mohammad made the comments on his Twitter account yesterday following the announceme­nt of a joint vision for economic, developmen­tal and military integratio­n through 44 joint strategic projects by the Saudi-Emirati Coordinati­on Council.

“The UAE’s and Saudi Arabia’s announceme­nt of a joint vision for economic, developmen­tal and military integratio­n through 44 joint strategic projects is a historic opportunit­y to create an exceptiona­l model of Arab integratio­n, a model that can be replicated to achieve developmen­tal leaps for peoples,” Shaikh Mohammad tweeted.

“Saudi Arabia and the UAE through their Coordinati­on Council led by Mohammad Bin Salman and Mohammad Bin Zayed along with 350 officials from the two countries embark on a new era in the history of the region to create a new developmen­tal and economic movement that will be a springboar­d for the economy of the entire region,” he tweeted.

The council’s vision aims to promote the two countries’ global stature in areas of economy, human developmen­t, and political, security and military integratio­n as well as ensuring welfare and happiness for their people.

Establishe­d under an agreement between the two countries reached in May 2016 under the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, the council stands as a role model for cooperatio­n between world countries and, in the meantime, consolidat­es joint action between GCC states.

The announceme­nt of the strategy came during the first meeting of the Saudi-Emirati Coordinati­on Council on Wednesday chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

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