The UAE and France have signed a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) during UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s state visit to France, to enhance bilateral relations.
The agreements and MoUs include:
- A letter of intent granting permission to family members of employees of diplomatic missions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to engage in business. It was signed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Catherine Colonna.
- A joint declaration on cooperation between the UAE and France in the higher education field.
- A MoU between the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology and Avnor Group for cooperation in the field of standardization.
- A MoU between the Office of the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change and the French Government in the field of climate action, signed by Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Agnès Pannier-Runacher, French Minister of Energy Transition.
- A road map for cooperation between the Tawazun Economic Council of the UAE and the general directorate of Armaments in the French Ministry of Defence, signed by Ahmed Al Harmoudi, CEO of the Council, and armament engineer Thierry Carlier, director of International Development in the French General Directorate for Armaments.
- A MoU between Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre and the National Centre for Space Studies in cooperation in lunar exploration. It was signed by Salem Humaid Al Marri, director general of the MBRSC, and Philippe Baptiste, president of the CNES.
- A letter of intent on earth observation and human spaceflight activities between MBRSC and the CNES.
- A MoU for cooperation between the Pasteur Institute and the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center (ADPHC), was signed by Matar Saeed Al Nuaimi, director general of the ADPHC, and Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Pasteur Institute.
- The founding contract of NT Energies between Technip and the National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC). It was signed by Ahmed Al Dhaheri, CEO of NPCC, and Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Technip.
In other news, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed was welcomed at a formal reception ceremony in Paris, to mark the start of his inaugural state visit to France. Following the reception, the UAE’s President went to Élysée Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.
