Embassy of the Republic of Korea to United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federal state made up of seven emirates located in the south-eastern Arabian Peninsula. It consists of the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaima, and Fujairah. The United Arab Emirates is achieving remarkable growth, so that it is called a 'miracle in the desert', by robustly creating open economic environment based on abundant resources such as oil and natural gas.

The United Arab Emirates has designed and presented a national strategy for the next 50 years in 2021, centered on national leadership with insight into the future. Accordingly, the various medium-and long-term tasks established are being put into practice one by one thanks to the patriotism and passionate efforts of its people.

In particular, the United Arab Emirates is accelerating the construction of cutting-edge national security capabilities while pursuing a foreign policy that promotes strategic stability and peace in the country and in the region based on the philosophy of ‘tolerance and integration’ of its Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Although the United Arab Emirates is an oil-producing country, it is noteworthy that the country makes rapid and meaningful progress in various non-fossil-fuel fields such as new and renewable energy and utilities, advanced science and technology, and education, under the post-oil economic diversification strategy.

Since the Republic of Korea and the United Arab Emirates established diplomatic relations in 1980, the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant Project in 2009 has created a true brotherly relationship, as the name of the Akh(brother) Unit shows. Subsequently, in 2018, the relationship between the two countries was upgraded to a special partnership, the first in the Middle East. Now the two countries are moving towards a ‘miracle of future co-prosperity’ by creating sustainable future growth engines in various fields such as politics, diplomacy, military, economy, society, culture, and the defense industry.

The United Arab Emirates, Korea’s brother country, has the largest Korean community in the Middle East and Africa and are engaged in various occupations and studies. Recently, the number of temporary residents and travelers of Korea is increasing in this country, after the two countries bailed out of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way, all Koreans residing in or traveling to the United Arab Emirates form the basis of friendly cooperation between the two countries. Their thoughts and actions are the driving force to the endless development of the strong relationship.

As Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United Arab Emirates, I and our embassy staff will devote ourselves to further deepening and developing our special strategic partnership demonstrating our passionate brotherhood. We will do our best to protect the safety and rights of our citizens living abroad, as well as to promote and support the activities of our students, businesspeople, and expatriates.

Thank you for your support.