French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he'd like to share art from the Louvre with Singapore, reports Bloomberg. The agreement would be similar to one already in place with Abu Dhabi, which receives loans from the Louvre and other French museums.

In a speech in Nimes, Southern France, Sarkozy said, “If Singapore were to do the same thing” as the United Arab Emirates, “that would be great news. It’s not our call to jealously keep our culture for ourselves.”

Sarkozy’s predecessor, Jacques Chirac, agreed in 2007 to open the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum. The deal involved the loaning of artworks from French museums, as well as sharing expertise on acquisitions and management. France will see a profit of almost €1 billion ($1.3 billion) over 30 years as a result of the arrangement, which was criticized by some French curators at the time as commercializing the country's cultural heritage.