The Maldives government inaugurated the "Mafaro" airport project in the "Nano Islands" region, which Abu Dhabi Fund for Development contributed in amounting to 191 million dirhams (52 million dollars).
“The contribution to the financing of the construction of the Mavaro airport in the Maldives comes under the guidance of the leadership of the state, which is keen to achieve sustainable economic development for developing countries,” said Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, the Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development. Important to revitalize the tourism sector, which is of particular importance in the Nano Islands, Maldives.
He added that «the airport project and other development projects, which are funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development in the Maldives, come within the framework of a constructive cooperation between the Fund and the Maldives government.
He pointed out that the fund gives special importance to transport projects in developing countries, in view of its fundamental importance in achieving economic and social development, and helping individuals to move, in addition to its role in stimulating commercial and tourism movement in countries, indicating that the fund has, since its foundation, funded 97 projects in the transport sector With a total value of 14 billion dirhams in 44 developing countries.
For his part, the Minister of National Planning and Infrastructure in the Maldives, Muhammad Aslam, stressed the importance of the great role of the government of the United Arab Emirates and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development in supporting development projects in the Maldives, pointing out that the fund contributed to financing many important projects with the Maldives government.
The project included the construction of a runway with a length of about 2,200 meters, aircraft parking corridors, and service routes to accommodate large aircraft from Airbus and Boeing.
The project also included the construction of the main buildings of the airport, maintenance equipment, a dock for boats to serve the neighboring islands, construction of airport administration buildings, a fire-fighting station, a control tower, a desalination plant and a generator, in addition to infrastructure works from water filling operations, and the delivery of electricity and water lines, And telecommunications services.
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Million dirhams, the contribution of the Fund to the airport project.