Abu Dhabi embassy to tap into Gulf wealth

THE Government will try to tap into some of the Gulf’s vast wealth by opening a new embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has confirmed.

The new embassy will be opened in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.

Mr Martin said the embassy was necessary because of the “significance of the Gulf in terms of sovereign wealth funds, in terms of economic development”.