{"id":14678,"date":"2021-11-02T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T13:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/?p=14678"},"modified":"2021-11-02T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:00:05","slug":"uae-official-says-time-to-manage-rivalry-with-iran-and-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/uae-official-says-time-to-manage-rivalry-with-iran-and-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE official says time to manage rivalry with Iran and Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Saltwire_logo-e1635861371844.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Saltwire_logo-e1635861371844.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>03.10.2021<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saltwire.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/3\/uae-official-says-time-to-manage-rivalry-with-iran-and-turkey.jpg?cs=srgb&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=568&amp;w=847&amp;dpr=1&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress%2Cenhance\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DUBAI (Reuters) &#8211; The United Arab Emirates is trying to manage long-running rivalries with Iran and Turkey through dialogue to avoid any new confrontations in the region as the Gulf state hones in on its economy post COVID-19, a senior official said.<\/p>\n<p>Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, told a conference on Saturday there was uncertainty about the United States commitment to the region and concern about a \u00ab\u00a0looming cold war\u00a0\u00bb between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Gulf states, which have strong economic ties with China, are also heavily reliant on the U.S. military umbrella and are closely watching talks between global powers and Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear pact as well as the Taliban&rsquo;s return to power in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0We will see in the coming period really what is going on with regards to America&rsquo;s footprint in the region. I don&rsquo;t think we know yet, but Afghanistan is definitely a test and to be honest it is a very worrying test,\u00a0\u00bb Gargash said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Part of what we need to do is manage our region better. There is a vacuum and whenever there is a vacuum there is trouble,\u00a0\u00bb he told the World Policy Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE has moved to de-escalate tensions by engaging with non-Arab Iran and Turkey, whose influence it had moved to counter in conflicts in Yemen, Libya and elsewhere in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE and Saudi Arabia believe the 2015 nuclear pact was flawed for not addressing Iran&rsquo;s missiles programme and network of regional proxies. The UAE has also moved to combat Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood which Gulf states see as a threat to their dynastic system of rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Turkey&rsquo;s recent re-examination of its policies towards Egypt, the Brotherhood and towards Saudi Arabia and others is very welcome. And I think for us to come mid-way and reach out is very important,\u00a0\u00bb Gargash said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0The Turks have been very positive about what we are saying to them,\u00a0\u00bb he said. \u00ab\u00a0Am I very positive about the reach out to Iran? Yes I am. Am I very positive that Iran will change its regional course? I have to say I am more realistic here, but I am betting Iran is also concerned about vacuum and escalation.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Gargash said the pandemic placed non-political priorities at the forefront and that a main concern now was being caught in between the United States and China.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0We are all worried very much by a looming cold war. That is bad news for all of us, because the idea of choosing is problematic in the international system, and I think this is not going to be an easy ride,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltwire.com\/halifax\/news\/uae-official-says-time-to-manage-rivalry-with-iran-and-turkey-100641475\/\">Read the article on Saltwire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>03.10.2021 DUBAI (Reuters) &#8211; The United Arab Emirates is trying to manage long-running rivalries with Iran and Turkey through dialogue to avoid any new confrontations in the region as the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-14678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-review","tag-127"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpolicyconference.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}