20,000 TREES TURN EXPO ROUTE GREEN
Pact to enhance partnership in policing and security areas
Dubai Municipality has completed landscaping projects worth Dh205 million across all the roads and main intersections leading to the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
More than 20,000 trees were used to form a green belt along the roadsides, and over four million seedlings were planted around the roads leading to the venue. Approximately two million seedlings were also planted at the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
Dawood Al Hajri, director-general of Dubai Municipality, said: “Our plan is to expand our greenery drive to cover all the areas in Dubai including open spaces, roads and public parks.” The projects cover two million square metres and includes the extension of Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, Expo Street and Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Street in the direction of the Expo site.
AMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Dubai Police General Command and Netherlands Police to enhance “cooperation and collaboration in various policing and security areas”.
The MoU was signed by Major General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-inChief for Criminal Investigation Affairs at Dubai Police, and Hanneke Ekelmans, Chief Constable and member of the Force Command of the Netherlands Police. Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Merri, Commanderin-Chief of Dubai Police, and Lody Embrechts, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UAE, witnessed the signing ceremony in the presence of senior officials from both sides.
Strong bond of cooperation
Lt Gen Al Merri said: “The MoU reflects the mutual eagerness to strengthening the bonds of cooperation between the two forces. It creates a distinguished partnership in common areas of interest. The MoU also is within the framework of sharing knowledge and experience between both sides, as well as enhancing international cooperation in the fields of security and policing.”