Pakistan: UAE ambassador to Pakistan Eisa Abdullah Al Pasha Al Nuaimi inaugurated on Friday the $12.6-million (Dh46.27 million) Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan bridge over the Swat river in Pakistan which will provide a big fillip for development across the region.
The inauguration ceremony was held in the presence of General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Abdullah Khalifa Al Gafli, director of the Emirati Project to Assist Pakistan, and a number of senior Pakistani officials.
Al Nuaimi emphasised that the human dimension is an essential component in the UAE's foreign policy.
He attributed the UAE's response to international crises and disasters to the leadership of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan; His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.