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UK-UAE Relations

opportunities and challenges Brexit could create for the UAE and the UK in the fields of economics, security, and defense. It explores the role of the European Union in the bilateral relations post-Brexit These are daunting, and there are questions  to which there are yet no answers, but the all-party parliamentary group had to stress that the course was set and would be seen through. In general, reactions were positive, both from UK friends in the British Business Group and Emirati contacts, who had no doubt that business links would be maintained and new opportunities sought. The agreed bilateral trade target of £25 billion (Dh115bn) by 2020 remains firmly in place and should be a cause for celebration at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The Rulers of the Gulf states were now to be courted rather than cajoled. The summer of 1961 saw Sheikh Shakhbut make the first official visit of a Ruler of Abu Dhabi to the United Kingdom, including a private audience with Queen Elizabeth. Ther...