President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama to bolster economic bilateral ties across sectors like trade, renewable energy, food security, and technology, state news agency Wam reports. Rama awarded Al Nahyan with the Benemerenti medal — Albania’s highest public honor — in recognition of his pivotal role in strengthening UAE-Albania relations.

PLUS- Plenty of cooperation with Hungary in the cards: The UAE inked agreements with Hungary to explore cooperation in data centers and artificial intelligence projects, green and renewable energy, food and agriculture, government development and modernization, energy storage, and defense, state news agency Wam reports. The agreements were inked during President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the country as part of a wider Eastern European tour.

The president also met with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vučić, and discussed potential cooperation in investment, economy, trade, technology, food security, renewable energy, Wam reported separately.