Dubai: The UAE is to make a landmark move by becoming the first Arab country to send an ambassador to Nato, Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said yesterday.
"We're very happy that the UAE is to become the first Arab country to open an embassy at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Nato]," Sikorski told AFP after talks with UAEForeign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is on a visit to Poland.
"We're very delighted to have Poland as part of the Contact Group," Shaikh Abdullah told reporters.
Accrediting an ambassador to Nato is a key step for countries seeking to cement ties with the 28-nation, trans-Atlantic alliance.
The UAE already belongs to Nato's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, launched at an alliance summit in the Turkish city in 2004, which aims to bolster bilateral security cooperation with countries in the Middle East.
The UAE and Qatar are both taking part in the Nato-led military campaign in Libya.
