Colombo, April 23 -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday announced its commitment to prioritizing the promotion of the energy, tourism, foreign investment, and foreign employment sectors while further strengthening its longstanding ties with Sri Lanka.

This announcement followed an official meeting between UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (22).

Sheikh Abdullah, currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka accompanied by a high-level UAE delegation, reaffirmed his country's intention to expand and deepen the strong bilateral relations between the two nations. The visit, he noted, aims to enhanc...