On February 13-15, 2021, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid an official visit to the United Arab Emirates.

The President held negotiations with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai and with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

During the meetings they discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral political, trade, economic, investment and humanitarian cooperation.

The President of Ukraine also had separate meetings with the management of Dubai Health Department and DP World. Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the town of advanced environmentally friendly technologies Masdar City, the company for the development of artificial intelligence and cloud computing “Group 42”, the University of Artificial Intelligence named after Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the World Exhibition "Expo 2020", where he got acquainted with the pavilion of Ukraine and the pavilion of sustainable development "Sustainability".

During the visit First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska had a meeting with Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth of the UAE. The parties discussed issues of cooperation in the field of culture and mechanisms for its deepening, namely organizing weeks of Ukrainian cinema in the UAE, introduction of Ukrainian-language audio guides in Emirati museums.

As a result of the visit a number of bilateral documents were signed, including Agreement on Cooperation in combating crime and terrorism, Memorandum on mutual recognition and exchange of national driver licenses, Memorandum on food security, Memorandum on cooperation in tourism development, separate agreements and memos in military-technical and investment cooperation.