BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. The UAE is prepared
to broaden cooperation with Azerbaijan within the subject of agriculture
and meals safety, Amna Al Dahak Al Shamsi, Minister of Local weather
Change and Setting of UAE, advised Development.
The minister made the comment on the sidelines of the
Azerbaijan-UAE meals and agriculture enterprise roundtable in
Baku.
“Immediately, the UAE and Azerbaijan get pleasure from strategic relations.
Particularly for the reason that signing of the great strategic
partnership cooperation settlement between the 2 nations, our
relations have entered an extra stage of growth,” she
mentioned.
Al Shamsi famous that the quantity of UAE-Azerbaijan non-oil commerce
reached US$2.4 billion, a 43 % enhance over the earlier
yr.
“On the similar time, the overall quantity of investments from the UAE
and Azerbaijan is $1 billion. By means of the great strategic
partnership cooperation settlement and ongoing negotiations, we intention
to additional develop this, particularly within the agriculture and meals
sector.
Immediately’s occasion—a roundtable on agriculture and meals
enterprise—introduced collectively varied stakeholders from the UAE,
together with nationwide authorities representatives, corporations, and the
non-public sector. The principle goal of this roundtable is to
provoke discussions, establish alternatives, and switch these
alternatives into concrete and vital tasks for Azerbaijan
and the UAE. As a part of these discussions, key gamers from the
UAE, reminiscent of Silal, LULU, EFCO, and Al-Dahra, in addition to the Meals
and Beverage Enterprise Group, held conferences with Azerbaijani
companions.
We stay up for following these discussions, making certain their
progress, and taking steps to realize our mutual targets,” she
identified.
The minister emphasised that the UAE and Azerbaijan have
strengths within the agricultural and meals enterprise, and these
strengths can be utilized to broaden cooperation:
“Azerbaijan is powerful in agriculture, whereas the UAE has
high-tech, sensible agriculture and robust logistics capabilities,
which will help open up new markets via cooperation.
We intention to translate these discussions into concrete tasks and
rejoice their leads to each Azerbaijan and the UAE. We intend
to proceed cooperation with the companions with whom we initiated
right this moment’s talks sooner or later.
Because the UAE, we give attention to varied areas, from contemporary produce to
livestock, meat, and dairy merchandise. We’ll prioritize areas of
cooperation and implement this cooperation with the suitable enterprise
companions. Subsequently, it was essential to carry enterprise gamers
from each nations collectively on the similar desk in order that discussions
can start and be realized within the close to future,” the minister
concluded.
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