Emirates and Swiss posts plan tie-up
Officials from Emirates Post and GATS UK, a subsidiary of Swiss Post, discussed yesterday cooperation between the two postal authorities and the shared use of their facilities.
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Arab countries agree to develop cooperation in postal services
Abdullah Ibrahim Al Daboos, Emirates Post’s Director General, has revealed a set of recommendations and resolutions adopted by the Arab Ministers of Communications during the Arab Cabinet Ministers’ meeting recently held in Casablanca.
The new resolutions and recommendations are meant to develop mutual cooperation with respect to the postal services.
A top UAE national delegation headed by Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of Communica-tions, visited Morocco last week.
Al Daboos said the cabinet ministers agreed on reducing Express Mail (EMS) transactions fees of Arab Postal Corporations. To help Arab corporations compete in the market, the charge of each dispatch is now set at Dh12.92 instead of Dh18.45 previously in place.
Read MoreNew procedure for opening of postal agencies in UAE
Emirates Post has announced a new procedure concerning the opening of new postal agencies. The Directorate of Zonal affairs will be in overall charge of these agencies whether they are associated with Postal Zones or with Emirates Commercial Services (Empost). At present there are more than 211 licensed shops to provide postal services throughput the UAE, including 29 fully-fledged post agencies and 182 stamp agencies.
Read MoreIndia and Emirates Posts create closer ties
Training, money transfer and express services are just some of the areas India Post is set to co-operate on with the UAE following discussions on closer ties between the two countries.
Read MoreEmirates Post offers money transfer
A new speedy and secure means of transferring money to anywhere through 70 post offices across the UAE has been set up. Emirates Post, and Western Union Financial Services Inc., entered into a tie-up and announced their International Money Transfer Service agreement yesterday.
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