Mohammed bin Rashid: UAE aspires to achieve sustainable economic diversification as part of UAE Vision 2021

ABU DHABI, 18th January, 2016 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has stressed that the UAE seeks to achieve sustainable economic diversification as part of UAE Vision 2021. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed explained that the UAE, under the wise leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, committed to contributing to meet the growing global demand for energy through the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies. In a speech during the opening of the 9th World Future Energy Summit, one of the major events of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2016, Sheikh Mohammed said that Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is a key platform for the promotion of international partnerships that will drive innovation and achieve prosperity in the long run for the state and the international community as a whole. His Highness hailed the role played by Masdar in strengthening the UAE's leadership in the energy sector as a whole, particularly the renewable ones, in less than a decade - and has become a key player in the international renewable energy sector. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395290442072.html