UAE welcomes ‘Peace to Prosperity’ economic workshop hosted in Bahrain along with US May 22, 2019 at 4:07 am | Published in: Asia & Americas , Bahrain , Israel , Middle East , News , Palestine , UAE , US Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa (L), Ambassador of Bahrain to Egypt and Foreign Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi (R) and Anwar Gargash (C), UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs attend the Arab League foreign ministers emergency meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on December 9, 2017, to discuss repercussions of the U.S. decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.( Stringer - Anadolu Agency ) May 22, 2019 at 4:07 am The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said it welcomed a June 25-26 “Peace to Prosperity” economic workshop hosted in Bahrain in cooperation with the United States, Reuters reports.

The Trump administration has cast the conference as an overture to its own plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

The UAE also announced its support for the workshop and its participation in it with a delegation, Emirates News Agency (WAM) said late on Tuesday.

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The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said in a statement that the workshop “aims to lift the Palestinian people out of misery and to enable them for a stable and prosperous future”, WAM said.

“The UAE reiterates its support for the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” the statement added.

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