Dubai: Sheikh Muhammad Opens World Islamic Economic Forum

Nine heads of state, 12 ministers, four Central Bank Governors attending occasion in Dubai

Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, opened on Tuesday the tenth World Islamic Economic Forum at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai.

He was joined by Shaikh Hamdan container Mohammad receptacle Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

The three-day occasion will be headed by nine heads of state, 12 Ministers, four Central Bank Governors, 181 part players, and around 2,000 delegates from more than 100 nations.

Heads of government and heads of state going to the occasion incorporate Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan; Md Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh; Ray Kala Xanana Gusmao, Prime Minister of Timor Leste; Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg; Danny Faure, Vice-President of Seychelles; and Azim Ebrahim, the Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan. Dr Ahmad Mohammad Ali, President of Islamic Development Bank, will likewise attend the forum.

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