Nov 22, 2005
UAE Embassy in Sweden inaugurated
The embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Stockholm was officially inaugurated in a special ceremony on Monday night. In an address to the ceremony, Assistant Under Secretary for international cooperation Mohammad Abdul Rahim, said the opening of the embassy mirrors the desire of both the UAE and Sweden to bolster cooperation and friendship between them in the best interest of their political, economic and strategic objectives.
‘The opening of the UAE embassy is yet another channel for cementing ties with sweden,’ he said, calling on Swedish public and private sectors and entrepreneurs to take part in mega development projects now underway in the UAE.
Olf Hokansen of Swedish foreign ministry said the UAE is an admirable country.
‘Sweden holds the UAE in high esteem and fully admires the economic and social development it went through over the past 30 years under the sagacious leadership of late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayn. We wish president HH. Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan every success in continuing the remarkable development process,’ Hokansen said in a speech before the event.
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