Under its leadership, the UAE has been able to build a distinctive development model that prompted nations worldwide to strengthen economic ties with the UAE, and this is what Italy clearly affirms by praising its continued leadership for the great achievements made by the UAE under in the wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed AlNahyan - President of the United Arab Emirates. Further, Italy is considered to be one of the UAE's most important trading partners among the Arab countries. In this context, statistics indicate that the non-oil trade between the UAE and Italy has grown at a significant rate and during the last decade, and there are expectations of further growth and development of trade, economic and investment relations between the two countries during the coming period. There is no doubt that Expo 2020 Dubai will play a major role in doing so.
