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Armenia–United Arab Emirates relations are thediplomatic relations betweenArmenia and theUnited Arab Emirates. Official relations have existed between both nations since 1998. Armenia has an embassy inAbu Dhabi and a consulate inDubai. The United Arab Emirates has embassy inYerevan.
Armenia and the United Arab Emirates established diplomatic relations on June 25, 1998. Armenia opened an embassy in Abu Dhabi in 2000 and a consulate in Dubai in 2017. The UAE opened their embassy in Yerevan in 2015. The Armenia-UAE Intergovernmental Joint Commission held its first session in Yerevan in May, 2010, highlighting financial, trade, economic, food security and scientific-educational spheres as priority directions of cooperation.[1] The UAE president SheikhKhalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan congratulated Armenia on 21 September 2020 for gaining independence from theSoviet Union, along with cables from Vice President SheikhMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces SheikhMohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[2]
In recent years[when?], due to growingTurkish influence initiated byRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, relations between two nations greatly improved. The United Arab Emirates have been hostile to Turkish ambitions and have clashed for influences over Syria, Sudan and Libya; while Armenia's relationship with Turkey has been poor due toArmenian genocide dispute.[3]
Increasing tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Turkey have also prompted the United Arab Emirates to seek closer tie with Armenia, resulting in an official statement in April 2019 by the United Arab Emirates that it would slowly begin to recognize theArmenian genocide.[4]Emirate of Abu Dhabi had become the first emirate to recognize the genocide in April 2019.[5]
As for the result of growing Armenian–Emirati tie, increasing economic and military cooperation has been witnessed.[citation needed]
During the2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war with Azerbaijan, Armenian PresidentArmen Sargsyan was invited to deliver a speech on the Emirati–Saudi Arabian channelAl Arabiya, urging the international community to stop Turkey from intervening in the conflict.[6] Shortly after the end of the war, Sarkissian paid a working visit to UAE, where he met Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi,Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and discussed bilateral cooperation between the countries.[7]
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