UAE Ministry of Economy signs media partnership agreement with ‘El Economista’

ABU DHABI, 23rd May, 2016 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Economy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with publishing firm ‘MyM merchan’, one of the partners of Spanish newspaper and website, ‘El Economista,’ to publish a special supplement about the UAE economy in print and on its website in both Spanish and English. The MoU was signed by Mohammed Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Economic Affairs, and MyM merchan’s Chief Editor, Eva Martin, in the presence of co-publisher, Maria Jose Fernandez Nebreda, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Dubai. Al Shehhi said, "The MoU is in line with the Ministry's commitment to support all efforts to strengthen the country's reputation abroad and promote the UAE’s investment and economic environment, particularly in the emerging economies of Spain and Latin America." He added that last year, the Spanish publication issued a special report on the importance of the UAE as an investment and commercial player in the region. He also emphasised the media’s key role in spreading the UAE’s image as part of external communication efforts and promoting positive impressions of the country to the foreign markets. Martin said that many of the newspaper’s followers showed great interest in the previous supplement, ‘UAE, the Hub of the New Silk Road’. She noted that it is considered the first economic and informative issue to be written in the Spanish language talking about the vision and milestones of the UAE’s economy. She also expressed her happiness in signing the partnership agreement with the Ministry of Economy, saying it was a way to support and enrich the content of the second issue in order to share the economic vision of the country to all investors and businessmen around the world. She noted that "El Economista" has 7 million monthly followers. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/economics/1395295771399.html