Australia–United Arab Emirates relations
Australia – United Arab Emirates relations refer to the bilateral ties between Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Relations between the two have been warm, multi-faceted and growing in the past few years; the UAE maintains an embassy in Canberra whilst Australia has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai.
The relations are underpinned by extensive trade, people-to-people links arising from the strong growth of direct air links between the two states and the large number of expatriate Australians in the United Arab Emirates.[1] There have been a number of high-level meetings between Australian and Emirati government officials; in February 2010, UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan made a historic first official visit to Australia. During the tour, a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a Joint Committee on Consular Affairs was signed by Nahyan and Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith.[2]
One of the functions of The Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR) of the Australian government is to promote relations with Arab countries, including the UAE.
Trade
The UAE is identified by Australia as its largest market in the Gulf. As of 2008-09, trade between the UAE and Australia was valued to A$5.5 billion. Of this, Australian exports to the UAE were A$3.6 billion, while UAE exports to Australia were A$1.9 billion (including crude petroleum imports worth A$1.7 billion).
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