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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces has declared that food security remained UAE’s top priority and, despite challenges, its food supply chain will never be impacted.
“No doubt, there is some shortage, but what a great job to feed 10 million people and, moreover, extend a helping hand to 10 more countries, hit by the crisis,” Sheikh Mohammed was quoted as saying on May 6.
He thanked the UAE Food Security Council as well as the ministries of Economy, Climate Change and Environment, Education, Health and Prevention, and Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, for having worked together as teamwork during these tough times.
“You did it the right way to sustainably maintain the UAE’s food security. The least we can say is thank you,” Sheikh Mohammed acknowledged.
Earlier, the minister in charge of food security allayed panic by reassuring that the UAE had enough supplies of food and medicine to address the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I know many of you are worried. I want to reassure you that we are doing our best to ensure that everyone has enough food in the UAE,” Mariam Bint Mohammad Saeed Hareb Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Food Security, told the majlis of Sheikh Mohammed in the lecture broadcast live on Al Emarat TV Channel and posted on Youtube.
