Dubai (UAE), Nov. 12 (EFE) .- The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said in Dubai today that "the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a lot" of what your country needs, at the end of a two-day visit in search of Emirati investments.

Santos described his trip as "very productive", in which he was accompanied by four ministers and in the framework of which he met with representatives of the Government and the Emirati royal family, with businessmen and, finally, went to the Dubai Chamber of Commerce today.

"What you have (UAE) is measured in trillions of dollars. dollars ", said the Colombian president.

For this reason, he continued," it is a nation that the whole world is fighting for precisely because of its investment capacity and what it we feel that there is a great interest in Colombia here ".

Santos considered that the investors from Emirati see that" it is time to invest "in Colombia" now that there is peace ".

" that the Emirates can do in Colombia are very important and for this it was necessary to subscribe the double taxation agreements and the agreement for the protection of the investments, which were already signed, "he remarked.

During the visit of the Colombian delegation, they identified" numerous areas "of great interest to the UAE investors, such as the food sector, the agricultural and tourist.

Likewise, "Colombia, because of its geographical position, has the great advantage of being a place from where you can export to many countries in America."

Santos He explained that EAU is already present in Colombian territory in the mining and oil sectors, and will "allocate more resources to the extent that these businesses are progressing," for them they are marginal but for us they are very important, "he said.

In addition, he stressed that an agreement has been reached to" bring to Colombia between 30 and 40 experts "in each of the sectors that have identified "with potential", so that they see on the ground the business opportunities in the Latin American country.

All this, "opens a great future to promote investments in sectors that for Colombians mean employment, well-being and progress. "

On the donation of 45 million dollars to finance initiatives aimed at improving situation after the end of the armed conflict, Santos said that it was finally signed and that there is already "some project in development related to childhood, health and education."