Invest in the future: Mohammed

Arab World will experience economic, political and social changes that require governments to adopt flexible and wise policies to cope with them, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said.

In a statement made ahead of the opening of the Arab Strategy Forum, Sheikh Mohammed said that politicians, economists and intellectuals were also required to look for answers to the future and the changes it will bring.

"Part of investing in the future is to invest in foreseeing it and to prepare the tools and plans for it," he said.

In order to succeed in this rapidly changing world, Sheikh Mohammed said, we need a clear, long-term vision and flexible and short-term evolving plans.

Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE has become an economic and political force in the region and the world ‘because we had a head start in studying the future and its implications. We are part of an extremely complex region, a well-connected global economy and a fast changing world of technology and, therefore, there is more need to invest in the future."

The Arab Strategy Forum, beginning today, will host, among others, political expert Francis Fukuyaman, author of ‘End of History’ and Paul Krugman, holder of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and a number of experts in a bid to draw a map of the state of the world and the state of the Arab World in 2015.

The forum will discuss the main expected political and economic changes in addition to mapping the main influential powers and major economic trends.

Mohammed, Gen. Mohamed attend lunch banquet
 

Sheikh Mohammed, General Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Abdullah at the banquet [Courtesy:  www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae]

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday attended a lunch banquet hosted in their honour by Lt. General Misbah bin Rashid AI Fattan, Director of the Office of the Vice-President.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister attended the banquet.

The luncheon, held at Al Fattan's residence in Abu Dhabi, was also attended by Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gargawi, Minister for Cabinet Affairs; Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy; Mohammed Ibrahim AI Shaibani, Director-General of His Highness the Ruler's Court, Government of Dubai; Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazroui, Under-Secretary of the Court of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al Ali, Assistant Under Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, along with other top officials.

Mohammed attends Al Dhafra endurance race

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday attended the Al Dhafra endurance race held at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba.

Present were Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai; Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor; Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy National Security Advisor.

The 120km was contested by 120 riders from different stables and was won by Spanish jockey Lia Soria.

 

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