Abu Dhabi Oct 8 (IANS/WAM) The French Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened a representative office here of the French space agency the first of its kind in the country.
The announcement was made on Sunday during a ceremony attended by the visiting President of the Centre National d Etudes Spatiale (CNES) Jean-Yves Le Gall and Mohammed Al Ahbabi Director-General of the UAE Space Agency.
Speaking on the occasion Ludovic Pouille Ambassador of France to the UAE said: "It is a major milestone in our space cooperation and a clear sign of the new status the UAE has earned on the space international stage. Between France and the UAE I used to say that the sky is the limit. Now I can say the universe is the limit."
In response Le Gall said: "To lead this endeavour to invent the future of space we need to exchange ideas and try to see things differently... I have no doubt that space will keep making a vigorous contribution to our countries cooperation."
In April 2015 only one year after the creation of the UAE Space agency France had been the first foreign country to sign a MoU with the agency.
The partnership allows both countries to mutually exchange competencies and conduct common projects and aims to allow new missions to be developed jointly.

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