More cooperation with Turkey…: The UAE and Turkey inked several MoUs to boost cooperation in food and agriculture, tourism, pharma, and industrials, during President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the country yesterday, state news agency Wam reports.

…and Tajikistan: The UAE and Tajikistan are set to deepen their economic partnership across various sectors, following a meeting between Economy Minister Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri and Tajikistan's Economic Development and Trade Minister Zavqi Zavqizoda, according to a statement from the Tajik ministry. The two nations have already doubled their trade volume in 1H 2025 compared to the same period last year and are actively seeking to strengthen trade ties in the coming years.

The details: Both sides have identified green energy, industry, agriculture, tourism, aviation, and logistics as priority sectors to explore untapped trade and investment windows. During the meeting, Zavqizoda urged Al Marri to intensify the UAE’s investment efforts in the Central Asian country, specifically pressing for a quick finalization of the investment agreement with the Abu Dhabi Development Fund for Rogun Hydropower Plant, according to the news agency.

ALSO- The UAE is launching a desalination water plant and pipeline to supply southern Gaza with clean water supplies, state news agency Wam reports. Once completed, the pipeline — 315 mm wide and spanning over 6.7 km — will connect a desalination plant on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis and Rafah governorates, where displaced Palestinians are sheltering amid Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.

The project aims to provide 600k people in southern Gaza with 15 liters of desalinated water per person daily, in an effort to alleviate the humanitarian crisis that ensued as 80% of its water infrastructure was destroyed by Israeli bombardment.

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