President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea walks with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, upon arriving on the presidential palace in Abu Dhabi for a state go to on Nov. 18, 2025. (Yonhap)
South Korea has agreed to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates on the UAE Stargate undertaking, which is able to set up the world’s largest synthetic intelligence infrastructure in Abu Dhabi.
Upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi for a state go to, President Lee Jae Myung referred to the UAE, the one nation within the Center East with which Korea has a “particular strategic partnership,” as a “brother nation.”
“Allow us to boldly transfer ahead towards shared development and mutual prosperity, going past the pursuit of revenue by means of transactions and contracts,” he stated.
Throughout his go to to the UAE, Lee held a summit with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday (native time) and signed a number of memoranda of understanding to strengthen cooperation between the 2 nations by way of financial system and high-tech industries resembling AI, nuclear power, and the biohealth area.
The paperwork signed by the 2 leaders that day embody a press release of partnership on new nuclear power expertise, AI, and world market cooperation; a framework for strategic cooperation within the area of AI; and an settlement to revise the MOU on strengthening cooperation within the area of mental property.
MOUs had been additionally signed on the next: cooperation within the area of synthetic intelligence; an settlement to manage and function an Financial Cooperation Committee for the bilateral Complete Financial Partnership Settlement; and complete cooperation within the biohealth sector.
Essentially the most notable amongst these agreements is Korea’s resolution to take part within the UAE’s Stargate undertaking, for which Korea will make an preliminary funding of 30 trillion gained (US$20 million) to construct AI and power infrastructure. On this regard, the 2 nations agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas resembling “bodily AI,” which integrates robotics and different applied sciences throughout manufacturing to reinforce productiveness.
“The anticipated outcomes exceed a complete of US$100 billion, together with US$20 billion in AI cooperation, US$15 billion in protection exports, and US$7.04 billion in Okay-culture,” acknowledged Kang Hoon-sik, the presidential chief of employees, at a briefing Tuesday.
Kang departed for Abu Dhabi final Thursday because the presidential particular envoy for strategic financial cooperation.
“This summit will function a place to begin for the 2 nations to maneuver past a easy show of friendship and advance towards a substantive financial alliance,” Kang stated.
By Um Ji-won, employees reporter; Shin Hyeong-cheol, employees reporter
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