UAE thanked by Colombian government for efforts to help fight Covid-19

Sheikh Mansour receives phone call from Colombian Vice President

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - July 21, 2020: HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairst (C), meets with Board of Directors' of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).

( Rashed Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs )
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Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, received a phone call from the Colombian Vice President thanking the UAE for helping her country fight Covid-19. Rashed Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs

Patrick Ryan

Aug 28, 2020

The Vice President of Colombia has thanked the UAE for helping to fight the spread of Covid-19 in her country.

Marta Lucía Ramirez passed on greetings from Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez to President Sheikh Khalifa, during a phone call on Thursday with Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Presidential Affairs.

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Ms Ramirez passed on her country’s gratitude to the UAE for providing medical assistance to help curb coronavirus, according to state news agency Wam.

She also thanked Sheikh Mansour after the UAE had pledged to send 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the future.

Bilateral investments between the two nations were also discussed during the call.