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Argentina key partner in energy sector: UAE FM Abdullah

Abu Dhabi - Shaikh Abdullah made the remarks on the occasion of his visit to Argentina.

Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, has stressed that the friendship between the UAE and Argentina are strong and based on a long history of fruitful interactions, shared economic and international interests.
He highlighted that the two countries are also bound together by strong common economic interests as non-oil trade between them reached $260 million in 2014, with a great potential for more.
Shaikh Abdullah made the remarks on the occasion of his visit to Argentina.
"I am delighted to be visiting Argentina in order to renew these bonds and to extend the UAE's warmest congratulations to the new Argentinian Government, led by Mauricio Macri, on its recent election. We in the UAE look forward to working with President Macri.," he said in his speech..
"The UAE sees promising opportunities to cooperate with Argentina in the renewable energy sector," he added. "The impacts of climate change cannot be understated or ignored, and the UAE considers Argentina to be a key international partner in overcoming this challenge in the years ahead." -Wam