AMBASSADE VAN OE VERENIGDE ARABISCHE EMIRATEN DEN HAAG Ref, 258/ 20!0 Date: 20/4/2010 NO.EUA Permanent Court of Arbitration Received Peace Palace Carnegieplein 2 2517 KJ The Hague Ms. Judith Levine Legal Counsel 2 0 APR 2010 The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in The Hague presents its compliments to the Permanent Court of Arbitration and further to the Embassy note ref: 248/2010 dated 9/4/2010 and with reference to PCA note I-UAE 35065 dated 7 April, 2010 according to it the PCA has fixed 20 April as time limit to receive the UAE comments on the Claimants documents. The Embassy would like to inform the PCA that the concerned authorities in UAE request more time in order to make the required communications with different parties concerned with this topic, so as to reach a result which will enable the competent authorities in UAE to give its comments on the above mentioned documents. The Embassy shall provide the PCA with the comments of the competent authorities in UAE as soon as it is received by the Embassy. The Embassy of United Arab Emirates avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Permanent Court of Arbitration the assurance of its highest consideration. 4 — + Embassy of the United Arab Emirates The Hague