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The Embassy of United Arab Emirates in London |
Contact
Address
1 - 2 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EE
Phone Number
020 7581 1281
Website
www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/missions/london
E-Mail
londonemb.amo@mofaic.gov.ae
The Ambassador
Amb. H.E. Mansoor Abdullah Khalfan Juma Abuldhoul
Mansoor Abdullah Khalfan Juma Abulhoul is an Emirati diplomat and former business executive who became the UAE's Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2019. Of Emirati and British family background, he was educated in the UAE and Scotland and studied at the University of Leeds. Before diplomacy he worked in finance in Dubai and London and later managed his family's UAE-based business.
History
Bilateral ties between the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom are structurally massive, deeply fraternal, and decades-old, anchored by the foundational 1971 Treaty of Friendship signed upon the UAE's formal independence. The embassy occupies a grand, highly secure, and palatial architectural chancery complex located at 1-2 Grosvenor Crescent in the heart of Belgravia.
The Embassy of the UAE in London operates as a powerhouse operational command center executing advanced Sovereign Investment Partnerships, post-Brexit free-trade alignments, and critical regional stability doctrines between Abu Dhabi and Whitehall. Under Ambassador Abulhoul’s specialized background in finance and cross-border relations, a primary mandate of the mission centers on operationalizing the landmark UAE-UK Partnership for the Future. This elite inter-state framework manages the allocation of tens of billions of pounds in sovereign capital, driving intense integration across:
The Energy Transition: Funneling heavy institutional venture capital into clean energy, nuclear energy infrastructure updates, and green hydrogen supply chains.
Deep Tech & Life Sciences: Accelerating joint ventures in financial technologies, global health synchronization, and advanced aerospace exploration projects.
Global Commerce: Managing a bilateral trade relationship that surpasses £25 billion annually, firmly positioning the UAE as one of the UK’s primary trading hubs in the region.
On the cultural and public diplomacy front, the mission drives unprecedented engagement, championing deep historical links in equine sports and coordinating high-level corporate syncs alongside the UK-UAE Business Council.
Furthermore, the embassy drives vital civic statecraft; its heavily utilized consular division handles highly digitized passport services, entry visas, and streamlined business clearances, while providing advanced administrative support to the thousands of UAE students, researchers, and prominent corporate executives thriving across the British Isles.
