TOKYO: The UAE and Japan inked an agreement in Abu Dhabi to transfer defense equipment and technology, Arab media reported on Thursday.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry said it was the first kind of deal with a country in the Middle East. Isomata Akio, Envoy of Japan to UAE, and Major General Staff of Assistant Undersecretary for Support and Defense Industries of the Ministry of Defense of the UAE, Dr. Mubarak Saeed Ghafan Al Jabri inked the agreement.
UAE, Japan defense cooperation
The deal establishes a legal framework for both sides to hand defense equipment and technology to be transferred for joint development, research, and production and for further enhancing cooperation in sectors of security and defense.
The ministry said that the accord would enter into force following the completion of the necessary procedures between the two nations. The ministry added that this agreement ensures suitable control over the defense equipment and technology transfer.
“It is expected that this deal will contribute to closer bilateral defense equipment and technology cooperation and improving the production and technological bases for Japan’s defense industry, thereby contributing to the security and defense of Japan,” the ministry said.
