Photos: Sheikh Mohammed holds cabinet meeting at Expo 2020 Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai chaired the UAE cabinet meeting at the Expo 2020 Dubai site.

The UAE has approved a new visa scheme for retired expats under which they can now stay in the UAE after retirement. The new visa scheme was approved by the Cabinet, on Tuesday during meeting chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

The Cabinet has also approved a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Interior to start testing self-driving cars on UAE roads.

The ministry has been tasked to draft a report about the results of testing self-driving cars on the UAE roads and will submit it to the Cabinet in order to get a permanent and final approval in case it chose to adopt this technology.

“The UAE will be the first country in the Middle East and the second globally to test self-driving cars on its streets. Our goal is to make this type of vehicle safer and more reliable. We are awaiting the MoI report, in coordination with the Artificial Intelligence Office, to review the results of testing self-driving cars and take an appropriate decision accordingly,” Sheikh Mohammed tweeted.

The Cabinet has also adopted a federal government special funds policy, whereby government institutions, according to certain controls and standards, can establish financing funds that serve their development programs.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai , Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Minister of Finance , Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister during the cabinet meeting.

Sheikh Mohammed said that the end goal of the policy is to promote the productivity and flexibility of government work, thus achieving better results.

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