UAE leaders shine spotlight on global trade as WTO gets underway

As trade ministers from around the world gather in Abu Dhabi on Monday for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, the UAE leaders have extended the country's support to set new global commerce rules.

Taking to his official social media account, UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan highlighted how trade is a key driver of prosperity and helps promote peace and understanding between nations.

He added that the UAE is pleased to welcome leaders, ministers and senior officials and looks forward to working with international partners in supporting a global trading system that brings benefits to all.

The UAE is pleased to welcome leaders, ministers and senior officials to the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi. Trade is a key driver of prosperity and helps to promote peace and understanding between nations. We look forward to working with our…

— محمد بن زايد (@MohamedBinZayed) February 26, 2024

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, also stressed the country's "support for all efforts to facilitate the movement of global trade, strengthen economic globalisation, and create new global development corridors linking countries and regions to achieve greater prosperity".

تستضيف العاصمة أبوظبي اكثر من 6000 مشارك ضمن 180 وفداً من مختلف دول العالم للمشاركة في اجتماعات منظمة التجارة العالمية ..
نرحب بجميع المشاركين ونؤكد بأن دولة الإمارات تدعم جميع الجهود
لتسهيل حركة التجارة العالمية .. وتقوية العولمة الاقتصادية .. وإنشاء ممرات تنموية عالمية جديدة…

— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) February 26, 2024

The event will host more than 6,000 participants among 180 delegations from various countries around the world to participate to review and strategise the future of global trade.