Dubai Ruler orders setting up new foreign affairs department

Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has issued in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai a resolution setting up a foreign affairs department at his executive office.

The office, which will be supervised by Reem Al Hashemi, Minister of State, will take care of foreign affairs of Shaikh Mohammad, like coordination of his trips abroad and official invitations extended to him.

The office will also handle official visits made by foreign officials to Dubai.