UAE Business: UAE backs joint GCC action to increase trade exchange – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: UAE backs joint GCC action to increase trade exchange – Gulf Digital News

The UAE is committed to supporting joint GCC action in various development fields as it is a steady policy of the country and a main driver for enhancing economic and commercial partnerships amongst GCC member states, said a top official.



Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade, was speaking at the 61st GCC Trade Cooperation Committee meeting that recently took place in Manama, Bahrain, reported Emirates News Agency WAM.



The meeting was attended by Dr Nayef Al Hajraf, Secretary-General of the GCC, as well as high-profile officials and ministers of trade from the GCC countries. The attendees discussed the main topics that support further economic and trade integration among the GCC countries, drive the growth of intra-regional trade, facilitate trade procedures, expand and diversify trade activities, as well as develop trade flow between GCC countries and global markets.



Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi reaffirmed that the UAE is keen to support the outputs of the Trade Cooperation Committee, which serves as a strategic platform for formulating policies and plans that support the GCC in the fields related to trade and economic activities, in order to achieve the ambitious goals of member states, especially in terms