Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Dubai: All UAE interests are united in their concern over the threat from piracy off the coast of Somalia, a senior official said Wednesday.
“By bringing together all UAE stakeholders on piracy here today, we want to spread understanding of the issue and the challenges of responding, so we can all work together toward solving this problem,” General Faris Al Mazrouai, assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs, told a meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Wednesday.
The meeting was designed to give an opportunity for Working Group chairs from the US, UK, Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands to express their priorities for the UAE’s Chairmanship, and talk about what they want to achieve at the Plenary Session in New York, on March29.
The UAE has outlined four priorities for its chairmanship namely public awareness and outreach, increasing compassionate support for Somalia, enhancing regional capacity to respond to piracy, and highlighting the role of education in countering piracy.
Source: Gulf News