Rumaithi heads UAE delegation at GCC military panel meeting
RIYADH: Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, headed the UAE delegation at the fourth extraordinary meeting of GCC Supreme Military Commitee of Chiefs of Staff.
The meeting, which was held on Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the presence of the Commander of the Unified Military Command and the Assistant Secretary-general for Military Affairs, came at the request of the Saudi Armed Forces to discuss and review current regional threats and developments.
The meeting’s participants called for further joint efforts between the armed forces of the GCC countries and expressed their support for the measures taken by Saudi Arabia to defend its territory and the actions taken by any aggrieved GCC countries.
Separately, the number of new jobs created by the UAE’S private sector during the second quarter of 2019 reached 40,000, excluding jobs in free zones, reflecting the activity of the labour market supported by positive developments in the national economy. The national economy posted a year-on-year growth of 2.2 per cent at fixed prices in the second quarter of this year, according to the UAE Central Bank.
The private sector is continuing to create new job opportunities, increasing the total number of its workers to 5.1 million workers in the second quarter of 2019, compared to 5.06 million workers in the first quarter.
The number of new jobs added to the UAE’S labour market in 2018 reached 137,000, according to statistics from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, which were included in an audit reports issued by the UAE Central Bank.
Based on documented figures, economic activity since the start of the year contributed a 1 per cent increase in private sector employment in the second quarter of 2019, compared to a 0.1 per cent rise in the previous quarter.
The rise in employment during the second quarter of this year is the outcome of an upsurge in real estate and other sectors, which include agriculture, mining, hotels, restaurants, brokerage, education and health.