The strategic partnership agreement was signed by the Minister of Cabinet Affairs of the UAE, Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, and the Minister of Presidential Affairs of the Republic of Brazil, Rui Costa, as part of an official visit by a Brazilian government delegation, according to what was reported by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, on Saturday..
Al-Gergawi confirmed that the new partnership with the government BrazilIt confirms the depth of the distinguished relationship between the two countries, and reflects the UAE government’s keenness to enhance international cooperation aimed at developing government work and empowering the new generation of future governments..
He said that the UAE and Brazil have enjoyed strong historical relations, since Brazil opened its first embassy in Abu Dhabi in 1978, followed by the UAE opening its embassy in Brasilia, making it the first for the UAE in the Latin American continent, noting that the partnership between the two countries has witnessed rapid development over the past decades. At the economic, political and development levels.
He stressed that the strategic partnership with Brazil in the areas of government modernization represents a qualitative addition to about 40 partnerships launched by the UAE government with governments in various continents of the world, since the launch of the government knowledge exchange program in 2018..
The UAE is one of Brazil’s largest economic partners in the Middle East, and the volume of trade exchange between the two countries during the first eight months of this year amounted to 13.28 billion dirhams, while the UAE is one of the countries with the largest investments in Brazil, amounting to approximately 5 billion dollars..
It is worth noting that the UAE government has launched 40 bilateral partnerships in the areas of modernizing government work and administration since the establishment of the Government Knowledge Exchange Program in 2018..
