(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 27 - The health sector is increasingly important in relations between Italy and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Italian Ambassador to UAE Nicola Lener said Thursday at the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
    "This sector has become ever more of a priority for the Emirates with the acceleration caused by the pandemic," Lener said on the fringes of an event entitled 'Artificial intelligence Applied to medicine: Italian excellence in Telemedicine and Telesurgery" organized by trade agency ITA (ICE).
    "There are big investments in the medicines and pharmaceuticals and there big opportunities for Italy".
    The ambassador said Thursday's event was one of many that "highlights the great wealth of content of this pavilion and Italy's participation at Expo 2020.
    "This is well appreciated, not just for the pavilion itself, but also for the quality of the contents that we offer every day, collaborating with our partners and sponsors.
    "It is an initiative filled with content and concrete proposals of collaboration for the global challenges of the moment".
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