Gulf leaders striving for their people’s welfare: Mohammed

April 10, 2012

Dubai, April 10: His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, reiterated on Monday his support to steps and measures aimed at facilitating the flow of trade between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and removing obstacles in this regard, considering progress in this direction a step forward in transforming the GCC into a global economic bloc.

Talking to GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdullatif Rashid Al Zayani and Chairman of the Federation of GCC Chambers of Commerce (FGCCC) Khalil Abdullah Al Khonji at Zabeel Palace, Shaikh Mohammed said such openness would ultimately serve interests of ‘our national economies’ so as to build a competitive regional economic powerhouse to be reckoned with globally and achieve welfare and stability and this is what we, as leaders in the GCC, are diligently working to deliver.

The GCC Secretary-General and FGCCC chairman briefed Shaikh Mohammed on the agenda of the 40^th federation meeting, which is being held in Abu Dhabi, and issues related to creating comprehensive trade and economic integration between chambers of federation members.

Dr Zayani applauded UAE’s expertise in creating an economically open environment and catalysing investment, thus establishing the UAE as a globally recognised investment destination.

The high-profile delegation also praised the success of the UAE, and the emirate of Dubai in particular, in becoming the No.1 holiday and leisure destination for families in the Gulf region.

Crown Prince of Dubai Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chief Executive of Emirates Group Shaikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority Shaikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Cabinet Affairs Minister Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi, Director of Dubai Ruler’s Court Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, heads of GCC Chambers of Commerce and Industry and senior officials were also present on the occasion.

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Yemeni armed forces shoot down US MQ-9 drone, strike British oil tanker in retaliation

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April 27,2024

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces has said it has carried out new operations against American and British targets in retaliation for their aggression on the country.

Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on Friday that Yemen’s naval forces struck a British oil tanker in the Red Sea with missiles.

Saree also said the military also shot down an American MQ-9 drone in Sa’ada province.

He added that the new operations were also a show of solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, amid the Israeli genocide there.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces salute all the people of Yemen for their faithful response to the call of the fighter leader Sayyed Abdulmalik Badr El-Din Al-Houthi, may Allah protect him, in their unprecedented large-scale interaction in support of our oppressed brothers in the Gaza Strip, affirming support for the Armed Forces in their military operations against the ‘Israeli’ enemy and against the American-British aggression supporting it in the Red and Arabian Seas and the Indian Ocean,” Saree said.

He stressed that the Yemeni armed forces will continue operations in the Red and Arabian Seas as well as the Indian Ocean until the Western-backed Israeli genocide comes to a halt.

Since the start of the brutal campaign in Gaza, the regime has killed more than 34,300 Palestinians and injured over 77,000 others. It has cut off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have been targeting Israeli vessels or those “associated” with the occupying regime in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea since October 7, 2023.

The regime ignited its bloody war machine in the besieged Palestinian territory on that October day in response to Operation Al-Aqsa Storm conducted by the resistance movement Hamas.

The maritime attacks have forced some of the world’s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes.

Tankers are instead adding thousands of miles to international shipping routes by sailing around the continent of Africa rather than going through the Suez Canal.

The pro-Palestine maritime campaign has also prompted airstrikes by the US and its allies on Yemen – in violation of the Yemeni sovereignty and international law.

In consequence, Yemen’s armed forces have declared US and British vessels as legitimate targets.

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