President Joe Biden is sending an all-star U.S. delegation to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to offer condolences after the death of its ruler, in an apparent bid to step up efforts to repair frayed ties with Gulf Arab allies. | Reuters
“This is a major charm offensive on the part of the Biden administration to repair relations,” said Omer Taspinar, a policy expert at the Brookings Institution think tank.
Harris will emphasize the intent to deepen ties across areas ranging from security and climate to space, energy and commerce, they added. The Emiratis were particularly frustrated by what they saw as lack of strong U.S. support in the aftermath of missile attacks in January by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Abu Dhabi.In a rare public admission in March the UAE envoy to Washington said the two nations’ ties were under stress.
At a meeting with Sheikh Mohammed in Morocco in March, Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Emirati leader of Washington’s commitment to the region.
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