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VIP Interview with H E Jamal Al Musharakh, Ambassador of the UAE to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

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VIP Interview with H.E. Jamal Al Musharakh, Ambassador of the UAE to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

N VIP Interview with H.E. Jamal Al Musharakh, Ambassador of the UAE to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

H.E. Jamal Al Musharakh has the current position of Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva.

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This is a question I believe I am being asked for the first time I think that being an ambassador is embodying what your country stands for and what your country has provided you with as stepping stones toward becoming an ambassador. For us in the UAE, our leadership is very keen to provide the right opportunities from birth, whether it is education, opportunities for higher education, and providing the population with the skills to not only deal with future challenges but also opportunities.

The traditional view of an ambassador is that he or she is political. However, an ambassador must also be equipped to deal with a wide array of focus areas, such as cultural or economic issues. As the world’s issues have become more thematic and dynamic, so has the role of an ambassador

Climate change, youth empowerment, and women’s empowerment are all top priorities for us in the UAE As an ambassador, one must be adaptable to convey the country’s policy on these issues when serving abroad I have been appointed as Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and submitted my credentials a week ago Today is actually the third month since I have been here, and I am looking forward to truly conveying our foreign policy in our thematic focus areas and working on them together with The Netherlands.

What are your first impressions of The Netherlands?

Since my arrival, until I presented my credentials to the King, I have been greeted with the utmost hospitality. What are your specific experiences as the UAE’s representative in the Netherlands?

I have been here for three months, and all I can say is that I have been treated with the utmost hospitality from the moment I stepped off the plane until I presented my credentials to His Majesty the King. Indeed, I want to share the UAE experience with the Netherlands and further explain the UAE’s priorities and the commonalities we share with The Netherlands.

There are many similarities, common focus areas, and future visions, such as the focus on food security and climate change. I have also been assigned as the Commissioner-General of the UAE Pavilion at the Floriade EXPO, which will take place over the next six months We want to tell the story of the UAE and our focus on environmental preservation and climate change.

The UAE will also host Cop 28 in Abu Dhabi, and since I know that climate change is a focus topic of The Netherlands, too, we are looking forward to working together with the Netherlands.

How do you deal with cultural gaps? Can you share some of the lessons learned with our readers?

The UAE is a 50-year-old country that recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. We are very up to date on world cultures because the UAE is home to over 200 nationalities.

Furthermore, we have established ourselves as a regional beacon of tolerance and coexistence.

For example, we have established ties with countries that we would not have been expected to establish a relationship with ten or twenty years ago I am referring to the Abraham accords in this context and our establishment of ties with Israel almost two years ago

We also hosted the world during Expo 2020, which allowed us to learn more about different cultures I consider myself fortunate in that cultural differences do not exist for me as a diplomat. First and foremost, I come from a young and innovative country, and I am the UAE’s youngest Ambassador abroad. That has accustomed me to deal with different cultural gaps that may exist.

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