France–United Arab Emirates relations

France–United Arab Emirates relations are the foreign relations between France and the United Arab Emirates.

France–United Arab Emirates relations

France
United Arab Emirates

History

Militarily, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France negotiated a defence cooperation agreement to diversify the UAE's procurement of weaponry, in addition to a significant military relationship with the United States; France is one of the country's primary providers of military matériel.[1]

Culturally, as of 2008 the Sorbonne university and Louvre museum were both establishing extensions in the UAE,[2] and there was a plan to recreate a miniature Lyon city in Dubai complete with public squares, restaurants and museums.[3]

On May 25, 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy visited Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he and the UAE's president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan formally opened a French military base, France's first permanent base in the Persian Gulf, with up to 500 French troops.[4] Sarkozy also visited the site of a Louvre Museum branch which France is opening in the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that co-operation with France was a top priority of UAE foreign policy.[5]

Resident diplomatic missions
  • France has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai.
  • United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Paris.
  • Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Paris

See also

References
  1. Library of Congress Country Profile: UAE, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/UAE.pdf
  2. USA Today; "Louvre museum to build branch in UAE," March 2007
  3. "Gulf News, "UAE and France share strong bilateral relations," May 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  4. "French President Sarkozy opens UAE base". BBC NEWS. May 26, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
  5. "Relationship with France is top priority for UAE, Abdullah says". Gulfnews. May 26, 2009. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
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