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UAE Vice President meets Russian President
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
- WAM
- Published: 19:04 March 30, 2009
Moscow: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Shaikh Mohammad arrived in Moscow on a two-day official visit.
Shaikh Mohammad expressed his hope that the visit would yield positive outcomes in all fields for the mutual interest of both countries and people.
He also hoped the visit would contribute to injecting fresh blood to the global economy.
"We are confident the visit would help us arrive at common views and new and creative ideas that pave the ground for bilateral relations based on mutual respect and interests," Shaikh Mohammad said in a statement on arrival.
He also said the visit would contribute to activating the role of individual, government and private institutions to play a positive and effective role in cementing the historic ties between the two people, especially in culture, tourism, technology and other areas.
"We rely on these spheres to pave the way for economic and investment partnership, based on human and cultural communication," Shaikh Mohammad said.
"Our visit to Moscow at this level reflects the keenness of our leadership, government and people to extend new bridges and open new channels of broader avenues that lead to laying a foundation for cooperation and economic and investment partnership between the UAE and Russia," he said.
Shaikh Mohammad is accompanied by a high-level official and business delegation, including Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Deputy Ruler, Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Interior Minister, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group, Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Capital Affairs, Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other ministers, senior officials and prominent businessmen.
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