During a session at the "Abu Dhabi Expo"
Omar Ghobash: The UAE has established itself as a soft power globally
The dialogue session was organized under the title: “Global Transformation, the Rise of the Middle East and the Future of Soft Power.”
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The Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Cultural Affairs, Omar Saif Ghobash, affirmed that "the UAE has easily and easily established its position and identity as a soft power globally, because it has opened the way to find a kind of convergence and an effective and effective knowledge and cultural dialogue among all who live on its land, while there are countries And other cities are trying so hard and have not been lucky to reach this end,” noting that soft power is an expression of countries’ culture and ways of cooperating and building positive relations with other countries of the world.
During a session entitled "Global Transformation, the Rise of the Middle East and the Future of Soft Power", which was organized as part of the recently concluded Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, Ghobash stressed the importance of compatibility between all the elements of the forces that contribute to confirming the global position of any country, and which makes the state a position Important and globally distinguished, and therefore able to play an important global role in light of the changes and developments on the international scene, while gaining a lot of respect and appreciation from various countries of the world, pointing out that the UAE possesses, in addition to its soft power, many components of power, foremost of which is its possession of a system A distinctive financial that allows all people to establish their businesses and take their projects to the world.
He also spoke in the panel discussion moderated by Dr. Seeb Verheen of Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Indian Politician, Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram City and author of more than 20 books, Dr. Shashi Tharoor.
He said, "Soft power is mainly related to the existence of a good story that states tell about themselves, and the state is the one who imposes this global presence for it through what is told about it, and if it is the opposite, it is impossible for countries that have stories that contradict soft power to have It has a global impact.”
At the end of its work, the dialogue session witnessed the signing of Omar Ghobash's book "Letters to a Young Muslim", which was formulated as a set of letters addressed to his eldest son Saif, in which he affirms the true meaning of being a Muslim in the 21st century.
Shashi Tharoor:
Soft power is mainly about having a good story that countries tell about themselves.
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