(L-R): Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Minisr of Finance, Pierre Gramegna; Credit: MFIN

On Wednesday 20 June 2018, Luxembourg's Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, received His Excellency Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State of Finance of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

During a working breakfast, they discussed bilateral relations, challenges related to digitisation, as well as international progress on transparency and information exchange in tax matters.

Subsequently, Minister of State Obaid Humaid Al Tayer visited the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) to discuss ways to collaborate on the topic of Fintech.

This visit by the UAE Minister of Finance in Luxembourg follows Pierre Gramegna's financial mission to the UAE in February 2017.