A handout picture released by Emirates News Agency (WAM) shows the United Arab Emirates' President, Sheikh Kalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R) meet with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at Al-Mushrif palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 26 May 2009. During his visit, the French president opened France's first permanent military base in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will bring the country a strategic important role in the Gulf Arab region and a key supply route for oil.