Day: September 16, 2021

SHARJAH, The UAE Balloon Team is set to launch the first edition of the Abraham Balloon Festival during the period from 5th to 10th May, 2022, featuring wide international participation.

Captain Pilot Abdulaziz Nasser Al Mansoori, UAE Balloon Team President, expressed his happiness for organising and launching the first edition of the Abraham Balloon Festival, which embodies the aspirations of youth in the region’s countries to live in peace, in line with the Abraham Accords.

He stressed the importance of launching this festival, which will attract a large number visitors from across the region and the world to showcase the projects and achievements of Middle Eastern countries in various scientific and cultural fields and build bridges of communication between countries of the world.

Al Mansoori added that the festival will include a wide range of heritage, cultural and scientific activities organised by countries from the Middle East and the USA, and will host several regional and international personalities to promote peace, tolerance and coexistence between different cultures of the world.

Source: Emirates News Agency

From Krishnan Nayar NEW DELHI, 16th September, 2021 (WAM) – The UAE Ambassador to India, Dr. Ahmed Al Banna, today expressed confidence that “there will be a strong number of visitors from India to Expo 2020 Dubai.”

Speaking at a media briefing to launch a major public awareness campaign about the world exposition opening in Dubai in a fortnight, Dr. Al Banna said there has been a strong commitment from the leadership in India to the success of Expo 2020 Dubai.

He attributed this to the “geographical proximity between the UAE and India, their closeness and the special relationship” enjoyed by the two countries. EXPO 2020 Dubai has been one of the key points in recent conversations between Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar and other prominent Indians with leaders and officials in the UAE.

The Ambassador said visits from India to the six-month-long mega event are expected to be very high “especially now that we have eased the procedures for entering the UAE and there is a different protocol that we apply for COVID-19.”

Dr. Al Banna stressed the importance of collaboration between the UAE and India in emerging sectors such as information technology, education and healthcare in terms of shaping the future of the young generation in both countries. Such cooperation will be critical in creating the right workforce after the pandemic abates.

Source: Emirates News Agency