Ahmed bin Saeed, Nahyan bin Mubarak, 5 others won Swiss Ambassador's Awards

Abu Dhabi, Oct 4, 2011 (WAM) - H.H Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group, and Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and five other prominent members of the UAE community won the Swiss Ambassador's Awards for their efforts to enhance relations between the UAE and Switzerland.
The Swiss Ambassador to the UAE, Wolfgang Amadeus Bruelhart, in a ceremony last night, honoured the recipients including Majid Ali Al Mansouri, Chairman of the Department of Municipal Affairs, Rashid Omran Trayyem, Member of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peter Harradine, President of the Swiss Business Council Dubai '&' Northern Emirates, Jacques Perrin, President of the Swiss- Emirati Friendship Forum 2011 Lausanne, Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations Office in Geneva and Badria Al Mulla, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Swiss- Emirati Friendship Forum.
In remarks at the ceremony, Ambassador Bruelhart said the UAE is Switzerland's largest trading partner in the Gulf and Middle East as trade exchange between the two countries reached AED 8.6 billion in 2010. The number of Swiss companies operating in the UAE went up to 600, he added. - Emirates News Agency, WAM