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US partners in Middle East avoid taking sides against China

Also: cryptocurrency takes spotlight in Abu Dhabi and Gargash outlines UAE approach to foreign policy.

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(L to R) Asaad bin Tariq al-Said, Omani Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs and the Special Representative of the Sultan; UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan; Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa; US President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani; Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah; and Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhemi pose together for the family photo during the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. — MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

UAE has “no interest in choosing sides between great powers”

ABU DHABI  Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to UAE President Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said this week that while “the UAE has no interest in choosing sides between great powers, our primary strategic relationship remains unequivocally with the United States.”

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