UAE, France sign deal on energy cooperation

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan met French Republic President Emmanuel Macron for a private lunch at the Elysée Palace on Monday.

The two heads of state discussed opportunities for collaborating and expanding their longstanding partnership alongside overall developments and approaches to topics of regional and global concern. UAE President also congratulated President Macron on his country’s National Day, wishing France further progress and prosperity.

Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed and Macron reviewed new agreements that expand decades of partnership and collaboration between the UAE and France across investment, the economy, cultural exchange, scientific innovation, advanced technology, future energy, food security, and climate change.

UAE President said that collaboration across energy of all kinds is critical, noting that the UAE is committed to supporting energy security to all people.

A deal between the UAE state oil company Adnoc and French energy giant Total Energies was signed “for cooperation in the area of energy supplies.”

The UAE and France signed a strategic agreement to cooperate in the energy sector, the French government said. The partnership aimed to identify joint investment projects in France, the UAE or



elsewhere in the sectors of hydrogen, renewable and nuclear energy, the French government said in a statement.

“In the currently uncertain energy context, this agreement will pave the way for a stable long-term framework for cooperation, opening the way for new industrial contracts,” it added.

“The agreement we are signing with the United Arab Emirates is of double strategic importance: it allows us to address the pressing challenges of energy security in the short term, while preparing for a decarbonized future,” French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a statement.

The UAE President was earlier welcomed at a formal reception ceremony in Paris to mark the official start of his inaugural state visit to France.

He was received at the Army Museum in Les Invalides by Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu, accompanied by members of the French Republican Guard. The ongoing growth in trade between the UAE and France underscores their strong economic partnership and deep-rooted relations, supported by their leadership.

The visit of Mohamed Bin Zayed to France also confirms the strength of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two friendly countries.