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The UAE-UK relations have been described as a "special relationship". [1] [2] [3] Over 1.4 million visitors from the UK visit the United Arab Emirates each year, while a large number of British citizens stop and transit through Dubai airport to reach connecting destinations, including the Indian Subcontinent. [4]
Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Emirati president Monarch of the United Kingdom Term end Observations 1971: Mahdi Al Tajir: Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
The Gulf Cooperation Council–United Kingdom free trade agreement (GCCUKFTA) is a proposed free trade agreement which began negotiations in June 2022. [1] When completed it will be the first free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council, or any of its member states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Britain’s “chummy” relationship with the United Arab Emirates could be stifling efforts to free a British property developer imprisoned in Dubai, his family has said. Ryan Cornelius’s ...
On December 1, 1971 The UK ended its relationship with the Trucial States and the sheikhdoms became independent. On December 2 the seven sheikhdoms, under the leadership of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan united to form the United Arab Emirates. The United States recognized the independence of the United Arab Emirates the next day on 3 December 1971.
Of these deputations and political representatives, the oldest and most important was to the Emir of Abu Dhabi, who was based in the city of Abu Dhabi, now the capital city of the UAE and the site of the modern British embassy. The UK also maintains an embassy in Dubai, subordinate to the Abu Dhabi embassy, headed by a Consul General.
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The UAE and Yemen have a complex and strained relationship, as the UAE has played a significant role in regional politics in Yemen, and has at various points been an adversary of the country, as the UAE's involvement in Yemen, for example the United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra, and its support for the Southern Transitional Council, a ...