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04 Nov 2020

Al Tayer holds virtual meeting with American Ambassador to UAE


an image of Al Tayer receiving the America Ambassador

His Excellency Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), held a virtual meeting with His Excellency John Rakolta Jr., Ambassador of the USA to the UAE. The meeting, which was attended by the American Consul General in Dubai His Excellency Philip Frayne, discussed means of boosting cooperation and sharing expertise between RTA and transportation firms in the USA. 


Al Tayer started the meeting by praising the efforts of the American Embassy and Consulate in cementing the relationships between the RTA and its American counterparts in the fields of trains, roads and transportation. He expressed hope to boost the investments and commercial exchange between the two parties, especially in the fields of public transportation, self-driving transport, future of mobility, innovative funding of projects and big data. 


“The RTA had charted out an investment strategy that includes specialist investment programmes, such as alternative funding, to enhance the role of the private sector in funding transport infrastructure projects. RTA had also developed a policy for partnership with the private sector along with a mechanism of studying and undertaking such projects to act as a reference in preparing and implementing partnership projects with the private sector,” said Al Tayer. 


His Excellency John Rakolta thanked His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer and the RTA for the strategic cooperation between RTA and specialist American firms and factories in the fields of roads and transportation. He expressed hope to see the two parties engage in more projects in the foreseeable future. 


Attendees of the meeting also included Abdul Mohsen Ibrahim Younes, CEO of RTA’s Rail Agency, Moaza Al Marri, Executive Director, Office of RTA Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, and several other directors. 

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