(Dubai) – H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of UAE opened and gave welcome speech at the opening of the two-day ” 3rd Annual International Maritime Counter-Piracy Conference” in Dubai which is being attended by more than 500 participants representing 50 countries.
Sheikh Abdullah welcomed participants to the conference in Dubai, and conveyed to all attendees the greetings of the leadership, government and people of the UAE and also expressed a warm welcome to the Somali President and his accompanying entourage.
In his speech, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah declared, “We are holding this third conference with our strategic partners, DP World and Abu Dhabi Ports Company, and with the contribution of the public and private sectors, based on the great success of the two previous conferences. Today and tomorrow, we will work on discussing ways to boost and strengthen the response of the international community to combat maritime piracy under the title: ‘Continued Efforts for Regional Capacity Building’ as the theme for this year’s conference”.
