Day: May 23, 2024

Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Culture Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi expressed on Thursday his aspirations to reinforce media cooperation between GCC countries to create purposeful media content.

This came during his speech in the 27th GCC Ministers of Information meeting held in Doha.

The minister stressed the importance of creating purposeful content to cope with the requirements of the current phase that witnesses rapid evolution in artificial intelligence technologies.

He said that the message of the media in the GCC have evolved in terms of form, content and momentum in shedding the light on the civilization image of the GCC and its achievements in different fields of cooperation.

“One of the ways of enhancing this message is taking good care of the cadres and the quality of their training to do their jobs in content creation according to the visions of our political leadership,” said Al-Mutairi.

He appreciated the joint keenness to cooperate for the good of the GCC countries aspiring to Gulf prospect
s promising further development and prosperity.

He also extended his appreciation to Qatar for hosting this meeting, in the hope of meeting again in the 28th GCC Ministers of Information meeting in Kuwait.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Dr. Shaya Mohsin Zindani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs of Yemen.

Sheikh Abdullah welcomed and congratulated Dr. Zindani on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs in the Republic of Yemen.

During the meeting, which was held today in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed issues of mutual interest, in addition to cooperation in various fields to serve the interests of the two countries and their peoples.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed emphasised the strong fraternal and historical relations binding the two countries, wishing Dr. Zindani success in his duties.

The UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs also affirmed his aspiration to work with Dr. Zindani to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries, wishing Yemen and its people stability, development, and prosperity.

Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State, and Mohamed Hamad Al Zaabi, UAE Ambassador to Yemen,
attended the meeting.

Source: Emirates News Agency

RIGA: The United Arab Emirates opened its new embassy in the capital of the Republic of Latvia, Riga, in a ceremony attended by a ministerial delegation which included Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, and Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade.

Al Sayegh, and Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, unveiled a plaque for the new headquarters, to officially open the UAE diplomatic mission, which is situated in a historic building on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list. The ceremony was also attended by Hanan Al Aleeli, UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Dana Goldfinca, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to the UAE, and several senior government officials and heads of diplomatic missions.

Al Sayegh affirmed that the opening of the new embassy demonstrates the keenness of both countries to reinforce bilateral relations and enhance cooperation across all fields. He stated that the opening represents a key milestone on the path towards prosperous relations
between the two nations which has seen substantial advances in the past few years.

For his part, Al Zeyoudi affirmed that under the guidance of UAE’s wise leadership, the UAE is focused on bolstering relations with countries with whom it shares a vision for the future, based on stimulating economic development and comprehensive sustainable growth, through strengthening international cooperation and exploring opportunities in mutual fields.

Al Zeyoudi stated that the new mission headquarters reflects this strategy, particularly in light of strengthening trade relations and encouraging investment opportunities, which can be utilised to enhance bilateral relations for the mutual benefit of both business communities and peoples.

For her part, Braže affirmed that the opening of the UAE embassy’s new headquarters in Latvia serves to solidify bilateral relations, commending existing cooperation across various areas of growth and development.

Source: Emirates News Agency

The eighth edition of the VivaTech 2024 exhibition held at Porte de Versailles in Paris; one of the most prominent international venues in the field of Artificial Intelligence applications and sustainable technology, launched on Wednesday.

The City of Light has quickly become a hub for AI international events, attracting inventors eager to explore latest developments in the booming technology.

The exhibition includes live presentations, discussions and educational workshops that provid participants with the opportunity to learn and interact with latest innovations.

It is expected to attract 150,000 visitors, with more than 11,000 representatives from different startups participating with at least 2,500 investors from 120 countries.

The annual exhibition reflects Paris’s commitment to enhancing its role as an AI global center.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

ABU DHABI: Under the patronage of H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, the final day of the International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience (ISNR) 2024, organised by ADNEC Group in collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and in strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, featured a series of presentations and interactive sessions, discussing a variety of topics related to cybersecurity challenges and solutions to protect critical infrastructure.

The day three sessions kicked off with a presentation by Thea Gioe, Senior Director of Training and Programs at Emergent Risk International, titled ‘Using Strategic Intelligence to Understand to Mitigate Physical and Cybersecurity Threats’, who highlighted the role of strategic intelligence in protecting businesses and preventing cyber security threats on organisations before they occur.

She noted that strategic intelligence assesses changing trends and patterns to identify vul
nerabilities of organizations, allowing business leaders to enable opportunities to ensure security of operations, assets and personnel by leveraging technology advances.

In his presentation titled ‘Harnessing the latest technologies for faster decision-making and shorter response times in infrastructure protection’, Steven Kenny, Manager, Architecture and Engineering Program EMEA- Axis, said, ‘Cyber security is the number one challenge that organizations face today, so it is important for organizations to elevate cyber security through supply chain diligence to protect critical infrastructure, particularly with a 300% increase in the number of IOT devises suffering a cyber-attack.’

For his part, Bassel Zaraaneh, CEO, Aligned Edges, presented on ‘Securing smart cities’ and highlighted that to secure smart cities and prevent cyber-attacks, it is imperative that we focus on infrastructure, not only on solutions. Securing smart cities requires a combination of advanced technologies and proactive measures and
collaboration among government, technology companies and cities is essential to ensure secure and sustainable smart city environment.

In her presentation titled ‘Quantum key distribution for quantum secure communications’, Dr Sana Amairi-Pyka, Lead Scientist – Quantum Communications Quantum Research Centre at Technology Innovation Institute (TII), outlined research lines and products in quantum communications, world market demand and opportunities in the area and examples of deployment strategies for global coverage of Quantum key distribution (QKD) networks. She noted that quantum keys enhances existing information security infrastructure as the key is secure against eavesdropping and cannot be broken even with quantum computers.

Dr. Yury Kurochkin, Lead Scientist, Technology Innovation Institute (TII) highlighted the importance of secure communications for infrastructure protection and noted that attacks on critical infrastructure are increasing year after year, and quantum era will make critical infrastr
ucture even more vulnerable to attacks. To address these challenges, we can use two quantum-safe solutions in a hybrid manner including post-quantum cryptography which offers a software solution, and cryptography which is a hardware solution.

Source: Emirates News Agency

China’s military said it started a two-day joint military drills surrounding Taiwan on Thursday morning as a “strong punishment” for “Taiwan independence” separatist forces, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

The drills are being conducted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command in the Taiwan Strait, the north, south, and east of Taiwan, as well as areas around the islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu, and Dongyin, according to the Command spokesman Li Xi.

“Military services including the army, navy, air force, and rocket force of the theater command are being organized to conduct the joint drills, code-named Joint Sword-2024A, from Thursday to Friday,” Li was quoted as saying. The spokesperson said the drills serve as a strong punishment for the separatist acts of “Taiwan independence” forces and a stern warning against the interference and provocation by external forces, according to the report.

“The drills focus on joint sea-air combat-readiness patrol, joint seizure of comprehens
ive battlefield control, and joint precision strikes on key targets,” Li said, adding that the exercises involve the patrol of vessels and planes closing in on areas around the island of Taiwan and integrated operations inside and outside the island chain to test the joint real combat capabilities of the forces of the Command.

The exercises came after the inauguration of new Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Monday, who urged Beijing to acknowledge Taiwan’s government and engage in dialogue with Taiwan in his inaugural address. China and Taiwan separated after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing still sees the island as its territory.

Source: Kuwait News Agency