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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, said the UAE leadership is empowering the nation’s youth as part of its efforts to promote the UAE's core values, rich culture and human, civilisied experiment in tolerance, coexistence, and extending bridges of human, knowledge and scientific interaction between the UAE youth and their peers across the world.

Their Highnesses Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan underscored the need for investing in Emirati youth studying abroad, who act as ambassadors for UAE human values and its global message of tolerance, cooperation and existence. They also stressed the importance of engaging the youth in national initiatives and building their capacities to constitute the enablers of the aspired progress for their nation and generation.

The two leaders made their statements today while receiving at Al Bahr Palace the participants of the Emirates Youth Global Forum in the UK, accompanied by Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs. The forum was convened as part of the UAE Youth Global Initiative, launched by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on the occasion of International Youth Day, which calls upon young Emiratis to enhance the UAE’s reputation, spread awareness of its values, heritage and its progress, as well as to enable the youth to be responsive to global challenges, issues and trends.