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UAE announces plans to invest billions in economy, ease visa rules for expats

Arab World Materials 5 September 2021 18:26 (UTC +04:00)
UAE announces plans to invest billions in economy, ease visa rules for expats

The United Arab Emirates has announced a major plan to stimulate its economy and liberalize residency for expatriates, as the country seeks to overhaul its finances and attract foreign capital and residents, Trend reports citing Al Arabiya.

Although many of the Emirati ministers’ promised overhauls remained vague at a press conference, their intentions to boost spending after the devastation of the pandemic and loosen laws to draw more residents was clear.

Abdulla bin Touq, the minister of the economy, pledged that the Emirati government would pour some $13.6 billion into the economy over the next year.

He laid out a raft of investment opportunities for countries to boost development by 10 percent in the coming years.

“We are confident that these projects in the support of investment will make (the UAE) one of the most competent economies in the world,” he proclaimed at the government’s first large in-person press conference since the pandemic.

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