Developing renewable energy one of the main aims of the UAE’s foreign aid policy, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of International Cooperation and Development, said on Thursday.
Sheikha Lubna, also head of the UAE Committee for the Coordination of Humanitarian Foreign Aid, said the UAE supports renewable energy projects in a number of developing countries in order to increase their ability to access energy and support sustainable development.
During a meeting with Naoko Ishii, chairperson of the Global Environment Facility, the two discussed potential cooperation between the Micad and GEF.
Ms Ishii was visiting the UAE for the Eye on Earth 2015 summit, which ended on Thursday.
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