{"id":39498,"date":"2026-01-07T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=39498"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:52:21","slug":"expansion-of-nepal-uae-economic-cooperation-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/expansion-of-nepal-uae-economic-cooperation-discussed\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion of Nepal-UAE economic cooperation discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, Jan 7: President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Chandra Prasad Dhakal, on Wednesday, held a meeting with Abdulla Ahmed Al Saleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai, UAE.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the two sides discussed expanding trade and investment cooperation, with emphasis on attracting UAE investments in key sectors of Nepal\u2019s economy, including hydropower, tourism, agro-processing, large-scale infrastructure projects, and the information technology sector, the FNCCI stated in a press release.<br \/>\nPresident Dhakal highlighted Nepal\u2019s growing potential and the opportunities available for UAE investors.<\/p>\n<p>The FNCCI President also underscored the importance of establishing a direct Emirates Airways flight to Kathmandu, stating that enhanced air connectivity would play a vital role in boosting tourism, trade, and business-to-business engagement between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting concluded with a shared commitment to further deepen economic collaboration and strengthen partnership between Nepal and the UAE in the days ahead.<br \/>\nNepal\u2019s Ambassador to the UAE, Tej Bahadur Chhetri, was also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Jan 7: President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Chandra Prasad Dhakal, on Wednesday, held a meeting with Abdulla Ahmed Al Saleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai, UAE. During the meeting, the two sides discussed expanding trade and investment cooperation, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39500,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39498\/revisions\/39500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}