Overview
- President Asif Ali Zardari met Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Za’abeel Palace to discuss expanding cooperation in trade, investment, infrastructure, technology and food security.
- Zardari invited Sheikh Mohammed to visit Pakistan as both sides praised high-level exchanges and noted the UAE’s continued support for Pakistan’s economic development.
- Sheikh Mohammed publicly lauded the Pakistani expatriate community in the UAE as brothers who enjoy full appreciation and respect, underscoring people-to-people ties.
- Zardari held talks with DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem on rail freight modernisation, inland logistics and integrated freight corridors, with Pakistan pledging institutional facilitation and faster approvals.
- The trip included a meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi focused on economic, trade and investment fields, while official readouts emphasized an economic agenda despite outside commentary on regional security dynamics.