UAE and Benin Announce Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

The United Arab Emirates and Benin have announced a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement aimed at strengthening trade and investment ties between the two countries.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Benin President Romuald Wadagni witnessed the ceremony marking the exchange of the agreement.

The partnership is intended to lay the groundwork for a new phase of economic cooperation, supporting both countries’ ambitions to increase trade and investment flows.

It also seeks to broaden opportunities for cooperation between their business communities, with closer commercial ties serving as a driver of mutual economic growth.

The announcement did not detail the agreement’s provisions or provide a timetable for its implementation.