The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently
announced the organization the Abu Dhabi-Belgium Business Forum in Abu Dhabi.
Attending the forum in Abu Dhabi were Belgian
Secretary of State for Foreign Trade
Pieter de Crem; Dominique Mineur; Belgium ambassador to the UAE; Dr. Al-Taher Musbeh Al-Kindi, 2nd deputy chairman of the Abu
Dhabi Chamber of Commerce; and Abu Dhabi chamber board members Sanad Al-Miqbali, Ahmed Al
Soudin, Hamad Al-Awadhi and Khan Zaman, the chamber said in a release. Chamber
Director General Mohammed
Helal Al-Muhair and more than 150 representatives of Emirati and Belgian companies were also at the forum.
“We aim toward establishing a
strategic economic partnership that grants us the ability to benefit from your
expertise and advanced technologies which meet the demand of economic
development of Abu Dhabi,” Al-Kindi said in the release. “(Belgian companies) can also benefit
from the development projects, which the emirate is witnessing in order to
support the sustainable development process in cooperation with specialized
national companies operating in this domain.”
Belgian
Secretary of State for Foreign Trade de Crem talked about the
importance of trade between the two countries, noting that Belgium is the fifth
largest exporter for the UAE.
“The imports of Belgium from the UAE
is estimated at ($9.8 billion),” de Crem said in the release. “On the international level, the UAE occupies the 16th place in the list
of international partners to Belgium, which makes it the most important trade
partner to Belgium in the Arab world.”
