Overview
- Seven preliminary deals cover a strategic AI framework, space cooperation, next‑generation nuclear technologies, CEPA implementation, biohealth and intellectual property.
- Seoul will join Abu Dhabi’s Stargate AI data‑center initiative, starting with a 200‑megawatt facility toward a planned 5‑gigawatt campus, with initial investment estimated at about 30 trillion won (roughly US$20 billion).
- Leaders agreed to elevate defense ties to joint development, technology collaboration and local production with coordinated exports to third countries, as Korean officials cited prospects exceeding US$15 billion in contracts.
- Energy cooperation will build on the Barakah nuclear plant’s operation, with plans to expand into nuclear fuel, maintenance and small modular reactors, and to use the Barakah model for joint entry into global markets.
- At a high‑level business roundtable in Abu Dhabi, President Lee urged collaboration in clean energy, AI infrastructure and defense, with top Korean conglomerate chiefs in attendance before his departure to Egypt.