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اجتماعان في البحرين والمغرب لتعزيز الاستثمارات والتبادلات التجارية مع الجانب السويسري
14 May 2022 Written by Admin Adminشهد شهر مايو/أيار انعقاد اجتماعين منفصلين هدفا إلى تعزيز العلاقات الاقتصادية العربية السويسرية. انعقد الاجتماع الأول في الرباط يوم 9 مايو/أيار حيث اجتمع الوزير المغربي لشؤون الاستثمار والتقارب وتقييم السياسات العامة، محسن الجزولي، بوزيرة الدولة السويسرية ماري غابرييل إنيشن فليش. وذلك بحضور، غيوم شيرر، سفير سويسرا في المغرب. حيث ناقش الطرفان إمكانية إدخال استثمارات جديدة في العديد من القطاعات، وتعهدا بعقد اجتماعات مماثلة في المستقبل.
وعلق الجزولي على العلاقات القوية بالفعل بين البلدين، مشيرا إلى أن الاجتماع كان "فرصة لتقديم مختلف الفرص الاستثمارية التي يتيحها المغرب للمسؤول السويسري". بالمقابل وصفت السيدة فليش العلاقات بين البلدين "بالممتازة". هذا وقد سبق ان عقدت غرفة التجارة والصناعة والخدمات بجنيف، وغرفة التجارة السويسرية في المغرب اجتماعاً في أواخر أبريل/ نيسان تحت شعار "التركيز على المغرب".
وفي تعليقه على المحادثات الأخيرة التي جمعت الطرفين، أشار السفير غيوم شيرر إلى الاتفاقية السويسرية المغربية الموقعة في ديسمبر/ كانون الأول 2021، معتبراً أن الاتفاقية سمحت "بزيادة التعاون في جميع المجالات".
أما الاجتماع الثاني فقد انعقد في المنامة يوم 12 من مايو/أيار، وذلك في إطار زيارة رسمية للبعثة الاقتصادية السويسرية إلى مملكة البحرين، حيث اجتمعت البعثة مع وكيل وزارة الصناعة والتجارة والسياحة إيمان الدوسري، وذلك بحضور السفير السويسري لدى مملكة البحرين "ماسيمو بادجي"، والوكيل المساعد للتجارة المحلية والخارجية الشيخ حمد بن سلمان آل خليفة، وعدد من كبار المسؤولين بالوزارة. وقد تناول اللقاء العلاقات الاقتصادية الثنائية بين البلدين وسبل تعزيزها.
تحتل العلاقات العربية- السويسرية موقعاً متميزاً على الصعيد الاقتصادي إذ تعد سويسرا من اهم الشركاء التجاريين للدول العربية حيث تستحوذ على نحو 10% من إجمالي التبادلات التجارية العربية مع أوروبا.
وشهدت السنوات الأخيرة تطوراً في العلاقات الاقتصادية العربية- السويسرية لاسيما مع دول الخليج العربي، كما تحسنت العلاقات بين المغرب وسويسرا بشكل كبير في السنوات القليلة الماضية.
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President Ueli Maurer concluded his presidential visit to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 29 October.
The focus in both countries was on bilateral relations and issues relating to sustainability. The president was accompanied on his visit to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh by a delegation from the financial sector.
On Sunday, in the United Arab Emirates, Mr Maurer met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Reem Al Hashimy, Minister for International Cooperation and Director General of Expo 2020.
Together with the Minister of State for Financial Affairs, Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer, and State Secretary Daniela Stoffel from the State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF), he chaired the second round of dialogue on financial policy with the UAE.
He also attended events with experts on fintech and sustainable finance. At an official ground breaking ceremony Mr Maurer was presented with a plot which will be the site of the Swiss pavilion at Expo 2020.
Construction work is set to commence at the beginning of November.
In the UAE, talks primarily served to foster bilateral relations between Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates in a broad range of areas.
Discussions in the field of economic and financial affairs covered the implementation of the free trade agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the automatic exchange of information, and the bilateral double taxation agreement.
Questions concerning the rule of law, democracy, human rights, the political situation, and Switzerland’s good offices were raised during talks in both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
In Riyadh Mr Maurer stressed the opportunities for bilateral exchanges and cooperation presented by the ‘Vision 2030’ reform programme, particularly in terms of innovation, education and sustainable finance.
He had audiences with King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Prince Badr bin Farhan Al Saud, the Minister of Culture.
The Swiss delegation held a number of bilateral discussions with the Minister of Commerce and Investment, Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, the Minister of Economy and Planning, Mohammed bin Maziad Al-Tuwaijri and the Minister of Finance, Mohammed Al Jadaan, on the further development of mutual relations and specific projects in financial relations and the areas of education, tourism, dual-track vocational education and training, digital transformation and sustainability.
Mr Maurer gave one of the opening addresses at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh. In his speech he cited Switzerland’s ambitious system of direct democracy as a political early warning system and highlighted Switzerland’s approach to new technological developments and innovation.
He also spoke about sustainability in society, governance and in the environment, and emphasised the importance of the Swiss education system and its higher education institutions.
Shortly before leaving, Mr Maurer attended a training session of a women’s basketball team accompanied by Lina Almaeena, a pioneer of Saudi women’s basketball. Under the reforms envisaged as part of ‘Vision 2030’, Saudi Arabia is seeking to encourage opportunities for women through culture and sport and to improve their place in society.
In that context, and as a token of thanks for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality, Mr Maurer invited a Saudi women’s basketball team to Switzerland’s National Sports Centre in Magglingen for a week’s training.THE FEDRAL CONUNCIL
The worldwide 5G wireless network infrastructure revenue will reach$4.2 billion in 2020, an 89 per cent increase from 2019 revenue of $2.2 billion, said research and advisory firm Gartner in a new report.
Additionally, Gartner forecasts in the report titled “Forecast: Communications Service Provider Operational Technology, Worldwide, 2017-2023, 2Q19 Update” that investments in 5G NRnetwork infrastructure will account for 6 per cent of the total wireless infrastructure revenue of communications service providers (CSPs) in 2019, and that this figure will reach 12 per cent in 2020.
“5G wireless network infrastructure revenue will nearly double between 2019 and 2020,” said Sylvain Fabre, senior research director at Gartner.
“For 5G deployments in 2019, CSPs are using non-stand-alone technology. This enables them to introduce 5G services that run more quickly, as 5G New Radio (NR) equipment can be rolled out alongside existing 4G core network infrastructure.”
In 2020, CSPs will roll out stand-alone5G technology, which will require 5G NR equipment and a 5G core network. This will lower costs for CSPs and improve performance for users.
5G rollout will accelerate through 2020
5G services will launch in many major cities in 2019 and 2020. Services have already begun in the U.S., South Korea and some European countries, including Switzerland, Finland and the U.K. CSPs in Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Spain, Sweden, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have announced plans to accelerate 5G network building through 2020.
As a result, Gartner estimates that7 per cent of CSPs worldwide have already deployed 5G infrastructure in their networks.
CSPs will increasingly aim5G services at enterprises
Although consumers represent the main segment driving 5G development, CSPs will increasingly aim 5G services at enterprises. 5G networks are expected to expand the mobile ecosystem to cover new industries, such as the smart factory, autonomous transportation, remote healthcare, agriculture and retail sectors, as well as enable private networks for industrial users.
Equipment vendors view private networks for industrial users as a market segment with significant potential. “It’s still early days for the 5G private-network opportunity, but vendors, regulators and standards bodies have preparations in place,” said Fabre.
Germany has set aside the 3.7GHz band for private networks, and Japan is reserving the 4.5GHz and 28GHz for the same. Ericsson aims to deliver solutions via CSPs in order to build private networks with high levels of reliability and performance and secure communications. Nokia has developed a portfolio to enable large industrial organizations to invest directly in their own private networks.
“National 5G coverage will not occur as quickly as with past generations of wireless infrastructure,” said Fabre.
“To maintain average performance standards as 5G is built out, CSPs will need to undertake targeted strategic improvements to their 4G legacy layer, by upgrading 4G infrastructure around 5G areas of coverage.
“A less robust 4G legacy layer adjoining 5G cells could lead to real or perceived performance issues as users move from 5G to4G/LTE Advanced Pro. This issue will be most pronounced from 2019 through 2021, a period when 5G coverage will be focused on hot spots and areas of high population density,” he added.
source: zawya
