"I am happy to be at the University of Sharjah, and to meet this large community of students. Our wishes for the university's continuous and permanent success on the occasion of its Silver Jubilee. The depth and breadth of long-term cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America is a blend of the past, present, and future, and has been longstanding in areas such as trade, technology, cybersecurity, digital economy, women's economic empowerment, intellectual property, clean energy initiatives, food and water security, health cooperation, innovation, and entrepreneurship, through the signing of several agreements with American technology companies and Emirati institutions and companies. The future partnership between the two countries in the fields of space exploration, climate, water, and self-driving electric vehicles is promising."

It was a great pleasure for me to visit your impressive University for the first time and have the opportunity share my thoughts with the students. I wish them and the University of Sharjah all the best for future.

Thank you very much to the University of Sharjah for hosting me and giving me the opportunity to exchange with students, professors and researchers. It was a privilege to share some thoughts on #Belgium 🇧🇪 and the #EU 🇪🇺 in times of global challenges, and to highlight the importance of strenghtening further our relations with the #UAE 🇦🇪 in that context. University of Sharjah Embassy of Belgium in the United Arab Emirates SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement Belgian Business Council Dubai #thankyou #students #university #unitedarabemirates #Belgium