France–United Arab Emirates relations
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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 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]
See also
References
- ↑ Library of Congress Country Profile: UAE, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/UAE.pdf
- ↑ USA Today; "Louvre museum to build branch in UAE," March 2007
- ↑ Gulf News, "UAE and France share strong bilateral relations," May 2008.
- ↑ "French President Sarkozy opens UAE base". BBC NEWS. May 26, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
- ↑ "Relationship with France is top priority for UAE, Abdullah says". Gulfnews. May 26, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
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