Prishtina, 19 January 2012 – During his visit in the World Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, the Minister of Economic Development, Besim Beqaj met with the Minister of Energy of United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli, in order to discuss on economic development between the two countries.

One of the main topics addressed as part of energy talks was discussions on cooperation possibilities in the sphere of renewable energy, whereby the Arab Minister provided Minister Beqaj with valuable information on their experiences in the development and advancement of this energy sphere.

Today Minister Beqaj also visited the Masdar Institute in order to analyze cooperation possibilities between this institute and the respective institutes of Republic of Kosovo.

Beqaj proposed future inclusion of Kosovar experts and students in this institute’s endeavors, and providing them with the possibility to use this channel in order to obtain information on trends of technological developments, their professional advancement and participation in trainings in the technological segments, and his proposal was strongly supported by this institute’s leaders.

Minister Beqaj used the opportunity and meetings with senior officials from various participating countries in this important event to present Kosovo’s achievements in all spheres, with specific emphasis on energy sphere developments, as well as to meet with potential investors that expressed their interest for investing in Republic of Kosovo.