The UAE participated in the Arab oil embargo of 1973, and provided wide ranging support to the front-line states in the Arab-Israeli conflict.35 In 1980s and 1990s, under his leadership the UAE followed a centrist policy placing mediation in regional conflicts at its centre.36 Towards the end of 1990s, the UAE’s foreign policy moved away from the Arab and Islamic issues under the leadership of Cro. [...] In 2020, the UAE was the top ranker and accounted for 31 per cent of the total FDI inflow to the region.48 Switzerland, the UK, India, the US, France, Austria, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the Netherlands Sapru House DETERMINANTS OF THE UAE FOREIGN POLICY 31 Paper are major investment partners of the UAE and the gulf country evidently has good relations with all of them. [...] The UAE constitutes the 22 per cent of the volume of intra-regional trade of the GCC countries.80 For the initial three decades, the UAE was engaged in developing ties with the five members of the GCC. [...] The UAE publicly called for the removal of US Caesar sanctions, is facilitating Syria’s regional rehabilitation and providing medical With the growing stature in the regional dynamics due to its economic resources and the perception of threat from the Islamist forces during the Arab Spring, the UAE extended its reach beyond the neighbourhood. [...] In 2020, the UAE delivered planeloads of equipment to help Iraq cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.91 C) GOING BEYOND THE MIDDLE EAST dWith the growing stature in the regional dynamics due to its economic resources and the perception of threat from the Islamist forces during the Arab Spring, the UAE extended its reach beyond the neighbourhood.
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