United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Ankara Saeed Thani Al Dhaheri on Thursday revealed his nation’s intention to signal new agreements with Türkiye within the subject of protection industries quickly.
His assertion got here in response to a query posed by Daily Sabah throughout his briefing in Istanbul concerning the UAE’s internet hosting of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP28), throughout which he additionally touched on the Turkish-Emirati relations on the fiftieth anniversary of the institution of bilateral relations between the 2 nations.
“We are following the developments and successes achieved by Türkiye in the field of defense industries, and in the coming days, there may be agreements between the two countries in this field,” Al Dhaheri mentioned in response to Daily Sabah’s query.
On July 27, Türkiye and the UAE signed a protection cooperation settlement between the Defense and Aviation Group (OSSA) on the Turkish Middle East Center for Industry and Trade and the Black Cobra Military Equipment Company (BCMS) in Abu Dhabi throughout the International Defense Industries Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul.
The strategic relations between Türkiye and the UAE are witnessing nice prosperity, with accelerated and escalating cooperation and shut fraternal ties between the 2 nations’ leaders, as the 2 nations achieved a rising strategic partnership in file time.
Emirati-Turkish relations
Al Dhaheri confused within the briefing that the UAE is wanting ahead to strengthening cooperation and exchanging experiences with the pleasant Republic of Türkiye in all sectors that work to develop Emirati-Turkish relations in accordance with the aspirations of the leaderships of the 2 nations and in a manner that serves the pursuits of the 2 pleasant peoples.
“The Emirati-Turkish relations are in light of the successful mutual visits between the president of the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to Türkiye in November 2021 and then in June 2023, as well as the visit that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made to the UAE in February 2022 and July 2023, and the important agreements that resulted, especially after the signing of the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement in March, as it is an important step to promote trade and investments at the highest levels, which entered into force on Sept. 1,” the Emirati ambassador added.
The complete partnership settlement between Türkiye and the UAE entered into pressure in early September and was signed within the presence of President Erdogan and his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed, on March 3, 2023.
The settlement goals to achieve a commerce quantity between the 2 nations of $25 billion inside 5 years. The settlement additionally grants amenities to businesspeople, together with reductions in customs tariffs and ease of communication between the 2 nations.
Al Dhaheri identified the significance of President Erdogan’s latest go to to the UAE final July, throughout which a joint settlement was introduced to ascertain a “high strategic committee” between the 2 nations, and memorandums of understanding and agreements value $50.7 billion had been signed. The developments goal at diversifying the areas of a complete partnership between the 2 nations and increasing their horizons to help sustainable financial progress and prosperity.
He defined, “These agreements and memorandums of understanding focused on promoting several areas such as investment and economy, law and judiciary, advanced technology, digital transformation, energy and natural resources, space and education.”
“We look forward to stronger cooperation with Türkiye at various levels, and there are many promising opportunities to develop our economic partnership, especially in areas that serve the goals of sustainable development, primarily the economy, investment, infrastructure, tourism, culture, food security, renewable energy, the environment, technology and other vital areas,” Al Dhaheri added.
Al Dhaheri confused that these agreements will present a chance for Emirati corporations and traders to implement investments and tasks inside the framework of formidable plans that embody areas associated to renewable power, inexperienced hydrogen and ammonia, electrical energy stations, transportation tasks, battery storage, nuclear power, rising applied sciences, and the use and storage of hydrogen and carbon.
The Emirati ambassador to Ankara additionally confused that, “The UAE emphasizes strengthening facets of intra-trade and joint cooperation in new sectors, as Türkiye is the primary buying and selling accomplice of the UAE inside the GCC nations, as the full non-oil commerce between them amounted to almost $19 billion in 2022, a rise of 40% over 2021, making Türkiye the quickest rising accomplice for the UAE among the many high 10 commerce companions.”
Türkiye’s exports to the UAE throughout the first seven months of 2023 amounted to $2.5 billion (TL 67.07 billion), a rise of 9% in comparison with the identical interval final yr, based on knowledge from the Turkish Exporters Council (TIM).
COP28
On the opposite hand, the Emirati ambassador to Ankara expressed his hope for Türkiye’s lively participation within the COP28 local weather convention and mentioned: “We look forward to the participation of His Excellency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the work of the climate summit in Dubai soon.”
The UAE will host COP28 from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023.
In his speech to reporters, the Emirati ambassador confused that the UAE is dedicated to utilizing this chance to speed up international efforts to handle the consequences of local weather change and to arrange for the primary international evaluation of the Paris COP21 convention by enabling an inclusive and solution-oriented society.
He defined that his nation’s authorities introduced 4 pillars in July 2023 for this event, which can take motion on fast-tracking the power transition, remodeling local weather finance, specializing in life and livelihoods, and is totally inclusive of the COP28 course of.
He mentioned: “It is no secret that the scale of global climate change and its impacts on societies around the world, especially across the global south, cannot be addressed without solutions that involve the whole of society. All voices and actors will be brought to the table at COP28 to accelerate just climate action.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
