Minister of Finance, H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, met with Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mathias Cormann, on the sidelines of the 2026 Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in the French capital, Paris.
During the meeting, they reviewed the cooperative relations between the two countries and explored opportunities for strengthening collaboration in the fields of investment, finance, and economics, in addition to discussing several topics of mutual interest.

Separately, Minister of Finance, H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, also met with the Canadian Minister of International Trade, H E Maninder Sidhu.