Dr Sultan Al Jaber meets Armin Laschet, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Prime Minister of North Rhine and Westphalia. Also taking part are Mariam Al Mheiri, TOP, Minister of State for Food Security, and Hafsa Al Ulama, Ambassador to Germany.
Dr Sultan Al Jaber meets Armin Laschet, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Prime Minister of North Rhine and Westphalia. Also taking part are Mariam Al Mheiri, TOP, Minister of State for Food Security, and Hafsa Al Ulama, Ambassador to Germany.
Dr Sultan Al Jaber meets Armin Laschet, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Prime Minister of North Rhine and Westphalia. Also taking part are Mariam Al Mheiri, TOP, Minister of State for Food Security, and Hafsa Al Ulama, Ambassador to Germany.
Dr Sultan Al Jaber meets Armin Laschet, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Prime Minister of North Rhine and Westphalia. Also taking part are Mariam Al Mheiri, TOP, Minister of State for Food S

Sultan Al Jaber in talks with Germany's Armin Laschet


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Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, held talks with Armin Laschet, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union.

Also taking part in the online meeting were Mariam Al Mheiri, Minister of State for Food Security and the Ambassador to Germany, Hafsa Al Ulama.

They discussed co-operation in a number of areas including industry, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, clean energy, climate change and hydrogen, state news agency Wam reported.

Dr Al Jaber is also the UAE’s climate envoy, chairman of Abu Dhabi clean energy company Masdar and group chief executive of state oil producer Adnoc.

The CDU was led by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel until 2018.

Mr Laschet, the premier of the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia – Germany's most populous – was chosen to lead the party last month.

The CDU chairman traditionally leads the party and its CSU Bavarian sister party to the polls, meaning Mr Laschet is in pole position to become Germany’s next chancellor.

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● No of employees: Nine

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“Some companies may offer formal sabbatical policies or career break programmes; however, beyond such arrangements, there is no automatic right or statutory entitlement to extended breaks,” she explains.

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