Thani Al Zeyoudi hails UAE’s leadership on trade as key to nation’s rise in Global Soft Power Index

  • Date: 03-Mar-2023
  • Source: Emirates News Agency
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  • Country:UAE
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Thani Al Zeyoudi hails UAE’s leadership on trade as key to nation’s rise in Global Soft Power Index

LONDON, 2nd March, 2023 (WAM) -- Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, highlighted the UAE’s leading role in facilitating global trade and advocating multilateralism in a post-COVID world.

Al Zeyoudi affirmed that these two main factors among others, contributed to the UAE’s leading position as a key player in international trade, adding that the increasing influence of the country in the world, comes as a consequence of the swift rebound of the travel and tourism sector, and its ongoing efforts to support energy transition across the developing world.

During a one-on-one panel session at the Global Soft Power Summit 2023, Dr. Al Zeyoudi underlined that the UAE’s positive reputation over the last 50 years is a clear reflection of its ambitious and outward-looking development, engagement with the world through trade and investment and its leading position as a preferred destination for talents, businesses, institutions and companies around the world.

At the Brand Finance’s annual event held in London, Al Zeyoudi affirmed that the UAE is a global gateway that believes in collaboration, cooperation and knowledge exchange as the main factors for economic and social growth.

Dr. Al Zeyoudi said, “Trade has had an indelible impact on our soft