UAE, Niger to strengthen ties

Mohammad Bin Zayed holds talks with Niger President on range of common concerns

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday held official talks with President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, who is currently visiting the country.

Shaikh Mohammad and President Issoufou discussed friendship and cooperation, and ways to boost them in various fields including development, economy and investment, as well as a number of issues of common concerns.

They also discussed the latest regional and international development and exchanged views on a number of issues that concern both countries.

Shaikh Mohammad stressed the UAE’s keenness under the leadership of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to expand its outstanding relations with all friendly countries based on mutual respect, trust and joint cooperation.

Shaikh Mohammad said that the UAE-Niger relations are witnessing significant development in many areas, hoping a better level of cooperation would be achieved, to serve the interests of both people and countries.

For his part, President Mahamadou expressed his delight at visiting the UAE, stressing his county’s keenness to boost its cooperation with the UAE in the development and economic fields.

Both leaders stressed the importance of concerted international efforts to confront the scourges of extremism and terrorism in all its forms, stressing the need to achieve development and prosperity and consolidate the values of tolerance, dialogue and peace among the peoples of the world.

Later on, Shaikh Mohammad and Niger President witnessed the signing of a number of agreements aiming to underpin mutual partnerships and cooperation and open new scopes of joint work across many fields.