UAE a significant trading partner of UK: Lord Mayor

UAE a significant trading partner of UK: Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Vincent Keaveny, has expressed his hope to strengthen the ties between the UAE and the United Kingdom, particularly in the financial and professional services sector. “I am looking at the breadth of the financial services ecosystem here in the UAE during my two-day visit,” he told the Emirates News Agency (WAM) in an exclusive interview in Dubai. “I am meeting a number of leaders here in Dubai, for instance, the Governor {Essa Kazim} of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and in Abu Dhabi, I will be meeting with representatives of a number of organisations,” he said. Vincent Keaveny is the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City and heads the City of London Corporation. He is the international ambassador for the UK’s financial and professional services sector. He said that the UK is focusing on the Green Finance Agenda and is really looking forward to the work done in the Emirates around the moves towards net zero. “I know that Emirates has ambitious plans to achieve net zero.”The UAE is hosting the COP28 climate conference in Dubai in November 2023. “We are thinking how we can work together through sharing our experience since