UAE and Canada settle aviation row

Canada and the UAE have put a row over aviation rights behind them, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said on Tuesday.

"Yes, we went through a bit of a rough patch last year but I'm pleased to report that I see things going in an upward trajectory," Baird said after meeting with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The minister said in a teleconference from the UAE they had several "good, positive, warm, and constructive" fence-mending talks. However, Baird did not detail any substantive changes to the bilateral relationship.

More than 25,000 Canadians live in the United Arab Emirates, one of Canada's biggest economic partners in the Middle East, with bilateral trade valued at about $1.5 billion per year, according to UAE officials.
 

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