Relationship dossier
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Relationship assessment
Growing economic ties alongside UAE humanitarian assistance and mediation on Ukraine-related issues
Ukraine toward United Arab Emirates
+35Ukraine signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Arab Emirates in 2025, creating a framework for expanded trade and economic cooperation.
United Arab Emirates toward Ukraine
+45The United Arab Emirates has provided humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and mediated prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia. It also signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Ukraine in 2025.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship combines a formal trade framework with UAE humanitarian assistance and a role in mediating prisoner exchanges. These concrete initiatives indicate cooperative ties, while their longer-term scope and implementation remain uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates have developed economic and humanitarian cooperation. They signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in 2025. The UAE has provided humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and mediated prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia. These initiatives support a cooperative relationship, although its breadth and durability are less clear than the specific agreements and mediation efforts.
Key developments
Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
The United Arab Emirates mediated prisoner exchanges between Ukraine and Russia.
The United Arab Emirates provided humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and practical effects of the 2025 trade agreement are not yet clear.
- The scale and continuity of UAE humanitarian assistance and mediation are uncertain.