
Statement by Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba: UAE Welcomes US Decision to Advance Export Control Designation
On behalf of the UAE, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba welcomed the US’ decision to increase the UAE’s export control designation to A:5.
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On behalf of the UAE, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba welcomed the US’ decision to increase the UAE’s export control designation to A:5.

On behalf of the UAE, Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba welcomed the US’ decision to increase the UAE’s export control designation to A:5.

Ambassador Al Otaiba joins H.R. McMaster from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on Battlegrounds to discuss the Abraham Accords, the ongoing crises in Syria and Yemen and the great power rivalry in the Middle East.

Ambassador Al Otaiba discussed the Abraham Accords and Middle East conflict with H.R. McMaster on the Hoover Institution’s Battlegrounds podcast.

The Ambassador recently highlighted how Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant will play a vital role in the UAE’s long-time mission to develop a clean nuclear energy sector, and to solve the global climate crisis.

Ambassador Al Otaiba was the featured guest speaker at the 31st anniversary of The Israel Association of Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, also known as Shalva. During the event, the Shalva Band and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra performed a virtual duet of “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

In late February, Yousef Al Otaiba attended New Jersey’s Jewish Public Officials Caucus briefing for state elected officials on the Abraham Accords normalization deal.

The Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies hosted Yousef Al Otaiba and H.E. Jeremy Issacharoff, Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, for a virtual panel discussion on the future of Arab-Israeli relations.

Ambassador Al Otaiba joins H.R. McMaster from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on Battlegrounds to discuss the Abraham Accords, the ongoing crises in Syria and Yemen and the great power rivalry in the Middle East.

Ambassador Al Otaiba discussed the Abraham Accords and Middle East conflict with H.R. McMaster on the Hoover Institution’s Battlegrounds podcast.

The Ambassador recently highlighted how Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant will play a vital role in the UAE’s long-time mission to develop a clean nuclear energy sector, and to solve the global climate crisis.

Ambassador Al Otaiba was the featured guest speaker at the 31st anniversary of The Israel Association of Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, also known as Shalva. During the event, the Shalva Band and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra performed a virtual duet of “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

In late February, Yousef Al Otaiba attended New Jersey’s Jewish Public Officials Caucus briefing for state elected officials on the Abraham Accords normalization deal.

The Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies hosted Yousef Al Otaiba and H.E. Jeremy Issacharoff, Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, for a virtual panel discussion on the future of Arab-Israeli relations.