'UAE supporting efforts to promote stability, prosperity'

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Minister of State, held a joint press conference on Thursday in Abu Dhabi with Dubravka Šuica, EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean.

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During the briefing, Šuica stressed that the UAE is a strategic partner of the European Union, noting that cooperation between the two sides has spanned decades and that this strategic partnership forms a key pillar of their joint efforts to advance stability, prosperity and development in societies.

At the outset of the press conference, Lana Zaki Nusseibeh underscored the importance of today’s announcement regarding the launch of negotiations on a Strategic Partnership Agreement between the UAE and the European Union.

She said it was a significant step toward deepening the strategic partnership between the UAE and the EU, reflecting their shared conviction that cooperation is essential to achieving stability, prosperity and opportunity within the region and globally.

She added that the UAE is committed to elevating its relations with the EU to a more ambitious level, noting that the potential of the relationship between the European Union and the Gulf states has long remained underutilised.

She welcomed the steps taken in Brussels to begin bilateral negotiations with GCC states with the aim of concluding comprehensive strategic partnership agreements.