The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Mr. Lejone Mpotjoane has revealed that Lesotho together with the United Arab Emirates are working on establishing relations for economic development.

This the minister is reported to have discussed with his UAE counterpart while attending the UN summit in New York this week. In a telephonic intervieew with LENA, Mr. Mpotjoane said some of the benefits which were discussed in his bilateral meeting together with his counterpart at the United Arab Emirates

include the supply of water by Lesotho to the UAE and the generation of energy through water and the sun by Lesotho with the support of UAE. He added that some of the opportunities which were discussed were creation of job opportunities for Basotho in the UAE in terms of exchange programs.

He stated that they also discussed the support the UAE is expected to offer to Lesotho in the mine industry as well as the cooperation between the two countries in terms of the aviation projects.

Meanwhile, the minister mentioned that to seal these opportunities, they agreed with his counterparts to begin negotiations with each country’s officials and experts to see for the implementation of the proposed opportunities.

  Lesotho through the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations and the Minister of health is currently attending the United Nations Spotlight initiative against Gender Based Violence summit. It is in this summit that Lesotho was nominated as one of the countries which was an opportunity to give out a report of the country’s progress on GBV issues, make a commitment and also invite the UN countries to offer support to Lesotho in the fight against GBV.