Sultan Al Jaber leads UAE delegation at GCC industry meetings

Sultan Al Jaber leads UAE delegation at GCC industry meetings

MUSCAT, 12th May, 2023 (WAM) -- Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, has led a high-level UAE delegation at a series of meetings attended by GCC ministers of industry and trade.

The GCC Industrial Cooperation Committee and GCC Ministerial Committee for Standardisation meetings, held in Muscat on Thursday, intended to strengthen industrial ties within the GCC and support regional sustainable economic development.

The UAE’s delegation included Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade; Mohammed bin Nakhira Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman; Omar Suwaina Al Suwaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology; and Abdulla Alsaleh, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Economy, as well as representatives from government and private sector entities.

Oman, which is currently president of the GCC Council, chaired meetings for the GCC ministers of trade and industry on Thursday, as well as preparatory sessions on Wednesday involving the undersecretaries of trade and industry to discuss the agenda, latest developments, key topics and reports.

The 50th meeting of the Industrial Cooperation Committee and the fifth meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Standardisation addressed a number of topics relating to enhancing cooperation in industry, standards and metrology, and