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UAE ambassador visits INTERMAT 2015

It was the beginning of two important Middle East Days at INTERMAT 2015 on Wednesday with the UAE ambassador making official visit to the show. Major projects and new business opportunities opening up in the Gulf region were on the agenda. Left to right in the picture above: Pascal Petit-Jean, General Secretay of SEIMAT; His Excellency the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to France Maadhad Hareb Alkhyeli and Renaud Buronfosse, General Secretary of CISMA.
January 6, 2017 Read time: 1 min
It was the beginning of two important Middle East Days at INTERMAT 2015 on Wednesday with the UAE ambassador making official visit to the show. Major projects and new business opportunities opening up in the Gulf region were on the agenda. Left to right in the picture above: Pascal Petit-Jean, General Secretay of SEIMAT; His Excellency the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to France Maadhad Hareb Alkhyeli and Renaud Buronfosse, General Secretary of CISMA.

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