DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Arabtec ARTC.DU , Dubai's largest construction firm, said on Tuesday that it was working with authorities in the United Arab Emirates to resolve a labour dispute and that its projects delivery schedule would not be affected by the action.

Thousands of workers have been on strike since Saturday in a rare labour protest in the Gulf Arab country, which relies on migrant labourers hired on a contract basis from South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal across a number of areas, including construction and domestic services.

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"Arabtec has been working closely with the UAE Ministry of Labour, the Dubai Police and the concerned security authorities to resolve as soon as possible a partial workers stoppage by a limited number of Arabtec labour employees," the company said in a bourse filing on Tuesday.

"Arabtec reiterates that project delivery timelines have and will not be affected."

Arabtec was part of a consortium that won a $653 million contract in January to build a branch of France's Louvre museum on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island. It was not clear whether this project was affected by the protest.

(Reporting by David French; Editing by Dinesh Nair)

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