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UAE and Russia look to boost ties in education, space, scientific research

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan shakes hands with President of Russia Vladimir Putin. (WAM)
  • Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education, and Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, held discussions to boost cooperation in many sectors
  • The UAE minister visited the Moscow State Technical University, where he saw its research centres and learnt about the latest scientific and engineering tech solutions

Moscow, Russia–The UAE and Russia are looking to strengthen the bilateral cooperation in higher education, scientific research, space, and engineering between the two countries.

In this regard, Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education, and Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, held discussions in Moscow.

Al Falasi, accompanied by Dr. Mohammad Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Ambassador to the Russian Federation, visited the Moscow State Technical University, where they viewed the university’s research and academic centres and learnt about the latest scientific and engineering tech solutions used there.

Al Falasi visited the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, which has 13 departments dedicated to training specialists in the space industry.

At the end of the visit, Al Falasi thanked Falkov for joining him on the tour.

In March this year, the UAE and Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of innovation, environment, and education to promote sustainable economic growth.

This was decided during the 11th UAE-Russia Joint Committee meeting focusing on the economic and technology sectors.

The meeting was held in the Russian capital, Moscow, on March 14-15 under the chairmanship of Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, and Denis Manturov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia.

“Through the Joint Committee, the UAE and the Russian Federation are looking forward to enhancing cooperation in several areas, including renewable and clean energy and food security,” Al Marri said.

Besides shifting of Russian oil trade away from the west has also made the UAE the focus of Moscow’s strategy to pivot to Asia. Since last year, as a result of Western sanctions that forced a reorganization of trade flows, Russian oil barrels have been pouring into ship-to-ship transfer hubs in the Middle East and Asia.

This year, the Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates is set to see increased demand for oil storage and transit volumes as Russian trade flows continue to flood the hub, with only a little impact on trade being caused by recent price caps on Russian petroleum products.