ABU DHABI: The Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi has launched a new training platform to enhance UAE diplomats’ knowledge of international relations.
Known as TRAIN@AE, the initiative was created in collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It aims to develop diplomats’ skills in line with the UAE’s foreign policy objectives and its international diplomatic profile, the Emirates News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Dr. Mohamed Al-Dhaheri, AGDA’s deputy director-general, said: “TRAIN@AE supports the … UAE government’s objective of enhancing international cooperation in line with the ‘We The UAE 2031’ vision … to make an immensely positive impact on both society and the world.”
AGDA’s research faculty traveled to six capital cities to hold lectures and discussions with members of the UAE’s diplomatic community and Emirati students on a range of topics, including diplomacy, climate change, GCC relations with countries in Asia and Africa, and the role of women in diplomatic service and leadership.
Director-General Nickolay Mladenov said the lectures, which started at the UAE Embassy in Cairo, were in line with the academy’s goal to support the country’s foreign policy.
As well as the lecture series, the researchers conducted “Generation Diplomacy,” which provided a platform for senior diplomats from various UAE embassies to share their expertise with aspiring foreign policy practitioners from all over the world.
TRAIN@AE is one of the UAE’s transformation projects, which are designed to move the country forward and enhance its competitiveness.
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UAE launches training initiative for nation’s diplomats
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UAE launches training initiative for nation’s diplomats
- Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy holds lectures in six capital cities
- Scheme aims to boost skills in line with UAE’s foreign policy objectives
USS Gerald Ford leaves Crete as Iran talks begin: AFP
- Its departure comes amid a new round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran on the latter’s nuclear program
- Washington has more than a dozen warships in the Middle East: one aircraft carrier, nine destroyers and three other combat ships
SOUDA, Greece: The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, sent to the Mediterranean this week in a military build-up to put pressure on Iran, left a naval base in Crete Thursday, an AFP photographer said.
Its departure came as a new round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran on the latter’s nuclear program, mediated by Oman’s foreign minister, opened in Geneva Thursday morning.
The vessel has been at the US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay base in Crete since Monday. The US embassy in Athens has declined to comment on the carrier’s presence, forwarding questions to the Pentagon in Washington.
President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran last year. He has repeatedly threatened Tehran with fresh military action if it does not cut a new deal on its contentious nuclear program, which the West fears is aimed at building an atomic weapon.
Washington has more than a dozen warships in the Middle East: one aircraft carrier — the USS Abraham Lincoln — nine destroyers and three other combat ships.
It is rare for there to be two US aircraft carriers, which carry dozens of warplanes and are crewed by thousands of sailors, in the Middle East.
Its departure came as a new round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran on the latter’s nuclear program, mediated by Oman’s foreign minister, opened in Geneva Thursday morning.
The vessel has been at the US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay base in Crete since Monday. The US embassy in Athens has declined to comment on the carrier’s presence, forwarding questions to the Pentagon in Washington.
President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran last year. He has repeatedly threatened Tehran with fresh military action if it does not cut a new deal on its contentious nuclear program, which the West fears is aimed at building an atomic weapon.
Washington has more than a dozen warships in the Middle East: one aircraft carrier — the USS Abraham Lincoln — nine destroyers and three other combat ships.
It is rare for there to be two US aircraft carriers, which carry dozens of warplanes and are crewed by thousands of sailors, in the Middle East.
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