{"id":5763,"date":"2017-05-15T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-05-15T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T16:47:51","slug":"the-uae-ministry-has-denied-their-plans-to-import-icebergs-from-antartica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/dubai\/the-uae-ministry-has-denied-their-plans-to-import-icebergs-from-antartica\/","title":{"rendered":"The UAE Ministry Has Denied Their Plans To Import Icebergs From Antartica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Possibly the most \u2018are you serious?\u2019 topics of the year has been the UAE\u2019s plans to tow icebergs from Antartica. The UAE ministry has now answered that question with a resounding \u2018no.\u2019 An Abu Dhabi based company recently announced their plans to tow the icebergs to be used as drinking water to the shores of Fujairah. Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi, managing director of National Advisor Bureau Limited told Gulf News that the icebergs would be used for tourism in alignment with drinking water usage.<\/p>\n<h3>Now, the UAE ministry has deemed the reports as \u201cjust a\u00a0rumor.\u201d\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>The ministry also put reports that \u201can iceberg or water being imported through a pipeline from another State is underway\u201d to rest &#8211; according state news agency WAM.\u201cAs the authority in charge of water affairs, it would like to confirm that such news is just a rumour,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Possibly the most \u2018are you serious?\u2019 topics of the year has been the UAE\u2019s plans to tow icebergs from Antartica. 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