UAE in 'realignment mode' as Mohammed bin Zayed heads to US
The UAE president is set to meet US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on his visit. A top advisor refused to say on Thursday if he will be meeting Donald Trump.
DUBAI — The UAE is looking toward its future "strategic relationship" with the United States, focusing on sectors such as artificial intelligence, technology and climate change during its president's visit to the White House on Monday, a top advisor to the government said Thursday.
The US-UAE relationship has come "full circle" and is in "realignment mode" as the focus is on economy and technology, Anwar Gargash, the UAE's senior presidential diplomatic advisor, told reporters during a briefing in Dubai.
"We're in a less geostrategic and a more geoeconomic phase," he said.
Other issues such as peace, security and stability in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflict in Gaza, will also be on the table for discussion, he added.
The UAE is OPEC's fourth-largest producer with a population of over 11 million people and a gross domestic product of $457 billion in 2023, according to the Ministry of Economy. The country, which comprises seven emirates, is one of the more diversified in the Arabian peninsula, with oil contributing to around 25.7% of GDP and the rest derived from non-oil sectors such as tourism, ports and infrastructure.
