UAE, EU launch negotiations on strategic partnership agreement

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday launched negotiations on a Strategic Partnership Agreement, both sides announced.

According to a report by the UAE's official WAM news agency, the announcement was made at a joint press conference in Abu Dhabi by Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, state minister in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and visiting EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica.