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Mayors from around the world to gather in Dubai
Around 120 city mayors from around the world will gather in Dubai for the third Euro-Arab Cities Forum from February 10 to 11.
- Staff Report
- Published: 15:23 February 5, 2008
Dubai: Around 120 city mayors from around the world will gather in Dubai for the third Euro-Arab Cities Forum from February 10 to 11.
The forum will be under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Industry and Chairman of Dubai Municipality.
Announcing the activities of the forum at a press conference on Tuesday, Engineer Hussain Nasser Lootah, Acting Director General of Dubai Municipality, said the event will be held under the theme ‘New Dialogue for Development'.
Highlighting the significance of dialogue, he said, it is a major factor in the peaceful and amicable resolution of differences and problems, adding that dialogue breaks down any ideological barrier, build bridges and narrows differences in ideas and creates conducive atmosphere.
Lootah said: "It is in view of these facts that we decided to organise the forum, which we hope will lead to providing solutions to these problems, creating a climate of love and harmony among all the participants and helping all to achieve more progress and development in their respective areas."
"By holding this forum, we aim to establish regional partnerships and co-operation among cities, regions and local administrations whose culture, resources and interest compliment each other's. We also aim to face challenges in order to build a bright future at the level of model cities, which we all agreed to call 'nurseries of development', to build a real partnership through new dialogue that will reflect positively on the cities, regions and local administrations of all partners involved and to highlight and benefit from the best practices in a way that will suit both the Arab and European sides."
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