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Philippines – United Arab Emirates relations

Philippines	United Arab Emirates

Philippines–United Arab Emirates relations are the bilateral relations of the Republic of the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates.

History

The Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates formally opened on June 17, 1980.

Economic relations

The United Arab Emirates is dependent on expatriate workers, with a significant number of them being Filipinos. The UAE is the second top destination for Overseas Filipino Workers, after Saudi Arabia. There are about 500,000-600,000 Filipinos in the Emirates. Of all Filipino workers in the UAE, 60 percent are classified as professional, 25 percent are semi-skilled and 15 percent are unskilled. As efforts to expand labor relations the UAE is prospecting in areas of highly skilled labor, agriculture and environment studies. Total trade between the Philippines and the UAE increased to $1.61 billion in 2010 from $1 billion in 2009.

The UAE is ranked 16th among the Philippines' trading partners in 2009, 14th largest import partner and 21st largest export partner. On the same year the UAE was the Philippines' 2nd import partner and 1st export partner in the Middle East. 90% of the Philippines' import from the UAE are petroleum products. The UAE, particularly Abu Dhabi, serves as a transit hub for the Philippines export products, many of which enter duty-free to other countries in the Middle East.

Political and Security relations

The UAE supported peace talks between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front which led to a final peace agreement signed in Manila on September 2, 1996. The UAE also supported the Philippines' bid for observer status in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and advised the Philippines to also get support from other member countries which remained neutral to the Philippines' bid.

See also

• Foreign relations of the Philippines
• Foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates

References

1. "Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates". Philembassy.ae. 1980-06-17. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
2. "UAE, Philippines move to improve bilateral relations | Inquirer Business". Business.inquirer.net. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
3. ^ "Embassy of the UAE in Manila » Philippines–UAE Relations-Bilateral Relations". Uae-embassy.ae. Retrieved 2013-06-10.

External links

• Media related to Relations of the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates at Wikimedia Commons

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