President Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking a review of bilateral ties with United Arab Emirates for the mutual benefit of the people of the two countries.
Speaking on Tuesday at State House Nairobi, President Kenyatta said among the areas that need to be reviewed include cooperation in bilateral trade, investment, finance and banking, tourism, agriculture, ICT, energy and petroleum.
The President was meeting a delegation sent by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
“The objective of this meeting is to see how we can strengthen those areas of cooperation that have not been strong. We should also explore new areas of cooperation for the mutual benefit of our people,” President Kenyatta said.
The meeting also reviewed the status of the implementation of the economic and technical cooperation between the two countries.
It was also a follow up to President Kenyatta’s working visit to the Gulf nation in February where he met and held talks with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi among other engagements.
The UAE delegation was led by the Gulf nation’s Minister of State Sheikh Nahyan bin Shakhboot Al Nahyan accompanied by the Crown Prince’s Economic Adviser Abdul Rahman Neyadi among other UAE government officials.
Head of Public Service Dr. Josph Kinyua and Cabinet Secretaries Amb. Ukur Yatani (National Treasury), Amb. Monica Juma (Energy), Betty Maina (Trade), Peter Munya (Agriculture) and Joe Mucheru (ICT) as well as National Treasury Principal Secretary Julius Muia and his Energy counterpart Andrew Kamau attended the meeting.
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