00:08Ministro, nós estamos agora no segundo mês do conflito,
00:10um conflito que você não está começando, mas não necessariamente você pode acabar.
00:14Você está sendo dragada em um conflito.
00:16Como você move forward do aqui e como isso vem a conclusão?
00:20Obrigado, Tobi, por ter me.
00:21Eu acho que, como você disse, e você vive aqui com sua família,
00:25a vida tem muito mais voltado ao normal no U.A.E.
00:28Então, nós tivemos um incrível desafio de 14 dias.
00:31Nós temos dois meses em um conflito que, como você disse,
00:33nós não queríamos ser levado em um conflito.
00:35Em fato, nós tivemos muito empolgados em diplomatica
00:38prior a essa escalação para tentar evitar a conflito na região.
00:42Mas agora que isso aconteceu, eu acho que o U.A.E.
00:44tem demonstrado dois ou três coisas.
00:47Primeiro, que é priorita a proteção, a segurança e a bem-estar
00:52de sua residente e Emirati população.
00:55O U.A.E. air defesa systems são best-in-class.
00:59Eles são honed-o por décadas de investimento,
01:03de practice em real battles around o mundo
01:06como parte de coalizões para counterar tudo,
01:08de terroirismo, para estabilizar conflito settings
01:11como os Balcãs, para liberar Kuwait,
01:14em Libya, em Afeganistão.
01:17E então, eu acho que você vê que o U.A.E. armed forças
01:20have kept our communities and our residents safe.
01:23Segundo, você vê que o nosso economia é muito resiliente.
01:26Então, as pessoas estão voltando ao trabalho.
01:28Nós vamos ter a bounce-back em nosso economia this ano.
01:30Eu tenho no dúvida sobre isso.
01:32É um lugar de trabalho para trabalhar e fazer business.
01:34E thirda, você vê que o mundo tem ralliado
01:37com a model que está sendo atacada no U.A.E.
01:40e no Gulf, as islands de estabilidade e prosperidade.
01:43No one is signed up to the model that Iran is propagating
01:47with its illegal and unlawful attacks on all the Gulf region,
01:52which have been egregious.
01:54And this was rebuked resoundingly
01:57by the U.N. Security Council resolution
01:58that was adopted the day before yesterday.
02:02A hundred and thirty-six countries
02:04co-sponsored that U.N. Security Council resolutions
02:06that called these attacks unlawful,
02:09that called on Iran to stop,
02:10and that called on Iran that it had obligations
02:13to keep the Straits of Hormuz open.
02:15Iran is isolated on the world stage.
02:18Talk about the attacks.
02:19At the moment, the U.A.E. is defending itself
02:21and trying to prevent a regional conflict.
02:24How difficult is that balance?
02:26I think the priority right now
02:28is defending the country against these attacks
02:31and ensuring it doesn't disrupt normal life.
02:33But of course, we have been preparing
02:35for various scenarios in a very turbulent region for decades.
02:38So these are not new plans.
02:40We have had contingency plans in place
02:43since prior to this point.
02:46You remember in Dubai,
02:47the Houthi attacks on the 17th of January in 2022.
02:52This kind of asymmetric warfare
02:55was something that we have built into our system.
02:57We've also built into our system resilience
02:59in our food supply,
03:01in our market supply,
03:03in our access to global goods.
03:04We are a global logistics hub.
03:06We connect destinations from Dubai, for example,
03:10to over 155 destinations around the world.
03:12Our economy is structurally sound
03:15and honed over decades.
03:17So I think you will see this economy
03:19and this country come through this stronger
03:21because we adapt.
03:22We're not only resilient,
03:23we adapt to crisis and we adapt to change.
03:26We take the safety and security
03:29of the 500,000 European residents,
03:33for example, who reside here.
03:34And I know that's a domestic audience
03:37that you are also speaking to incredibly seriously.
03:40And I think our trade ties with Europe
03:44at 65 billion euros a year
03:47is a robust signal
03:49that we are also open for investment.
03:51So we're negotiating a free trade agreement
03:53with the European Union at the moment.
03:54European partners have come in to assist us
03:57and to also protect their own communities
04:00here in the UAE.
04:01I want to just touch on that European part
04:03that you mentioned.
04:04I understand from sources that,
04:06you know, the French, the Italians
04:08and others are involved
04:10in those conversations with governments
04:12from the region.
04:13What has been your message to them?
04:15The Europeans have been incredibly supportive,
04:18not only because of the resident communities here
04:21that they are also trying to assist,
04:23but because of the strong partnerships
04:24and relationships that we have invested in
04:26over the years with European allies and partners.
04:31And so His Highness the President
04:32has received over 100 phone calls
04:34from around the world.
04:35But 40 countries, 41 countries actually,
04:38from Europe co-sponsored
04:39this UN Security Council resolution in 2817.
04:42And the EU has come out
04:43with a strong statement
04:44welcoming the adoption of this resolution.
04:47I think, you know,
04:48the higher representative,
04:49Kaya Callas, has called for a meeting
04:51a couple of times
04:52with all of us in the region.
04:54We've had a number of dialogues with her.
04:55President Ursula van der Leyen
04:57has also had at the head of state level
04:59consultations with a number of us in the region
05:02and directly with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed.
05:04We're in constant touch.
05:05There's constant support.
05:06There is a lot of offers for assistance.
05:09And we're grateful for that partnership.
05:11And we are definitely doubling down
05:14on our engagement with Europe.
05:15In terms of Europe
05:17and the partners that are helping
05:18without compromising national security
05:20or elements like that,
05:22how are you protecting the nation
05:24and how are the international partners involved?
05:26We're in a state of high alert here in the UAE.
05:30But the partnerships are, you know,
05:33I think important as part of the grid
05:34and the layering,
05:35a multi-layering air defence system
05:37that we have here in place in the country.
05:40The primary brunt of the work
05:43is, of course, done by the UAE Armed Defence Forces.
05:46And I'd like to pay tribute
05:47to the incredible work they have been doing
05:49in keeping us all safe.
05:51But not just in keeping us safe,
05:53but in allowing our national airlines,
05:55Emirates and Itihad,
05:56to go up to 50% return to normalcy
05:59in Emirates, for example.
06:01And Itihad is also on its way up.
06:04You will see that
06:06in terms of stranded passengers,
06:08the majority who have wanted to leave,
06:10have left.
06:10Many have chosen to stay
06:11and continue their holidays here.
06:13And the residents of the UAE,
06:15I think, have really rallied around
06:16the idea that this is their home.
06:18They have planted roots here.
06:20They feel protected by the government here.
06:22The government also represents them.
06:24So I think all in all,
06:25we've had a challenging experience.
06:28But what our air defence system has shown
06:31is that it's best in class.
06:32You mentioned France,
06:33you mentioned Italy,
06:34the United Kingdom also,
06:35and others who have offered
06:37and who are coming in to work with us
06:40in this challenging time.
06:42But they're not coming in
06:43because they are protecting UAE interests.
06:46I think they're coming in
06:47because they recognise
06:48that UAE interests
06:50are in fact global interests.
06:53They're, of course,
06:53the wider regional stability of Europe
06:56and the Mediterranean
06:56is incredibly important.
06:58But globally,
07:00the Straits of Hormuz,
07:01a fifth of the world's energy supplies,
07:03passes through that narrow waterway.
07:05And this has an impact
07:07on not only global energy prices,
07:09but global food security
07:10and food supplies.
07:12The UN has estimated
07:13that there's been an 18% increase
07:15in their ability
07:16to give aid
07:18to those most in need
07:19in terms of food insecurity,
07:20for example,
07:21as a result of this.
07:23So Iran must not be allowed
07:24to hold the global economy hostage
07:27by its rogue state behaviour.
07:30Now, if you see,
07:31you're one of many countries
07:32impacted here,
07:33but what role can the UAE play
07:35from both an energy perspective
07:36and perhaps food security too?
07:38Well, I think the UAE
07:40continues to be
07:41a global logistics hub
07:43in both all our ports
07:45and our airports,
07:46in our humanitarian city,
07:48for the supply of food
07:50and essential goods
07:51and humanitarian aid
07:52around the world.
07:53That's first and foremost,
07:54and that has not been
07:55and will not be interrupted
07:57by these challenges
07:59that Iran is posing
08:00to the region.
08:01Secondly, I think in terms
08:03of energy supply,
08:04we are a responsible
08:05and committed supplier
08:07to the global energy market
08:08and we will continue
08:09to do what we can.
08:10But we are also very frank
08:12with our partners,
08:13as have other suppliers
08:15in the region been,
08:16that unless UN Security Council
08:18Resolution 2817
08:20is enforced
08:20and it is binding on Iran
08:22that they abide by it,
08:24there are going to be ramifications.
08:26There are going to be
08:28implications for global energy prices
08:31and that will also impact
08:33bills in grocery stores,
08:35bills in petrol stations,
08:38the price of food.
08:40So it's important today
08:42that Europe understand,
08:43and this would be my message
08:44to my European friends
08:45and partners,
08:46first and foremost,
08:47thank you.
08:48We're grateful to you.
08:49We're grateful to the community
08:50of Europeans living here
08:51who call this place home.
08:52We're proud of the resilience
08:54and the adaptability
08:55that you've shown
08:56in these challenging times.
08:58We're proud,
08:59as our president has said,
09:00to call you partners
09:01of the UAE
09:01in our nation-building enterprise.
09:03But secondly,
09:04what you are defending here
09:06is not only the UAE.
09:07What you are defending here
09:09is a model.
09:10It's a model of coexistence,
09:12of tolerance,
09:13of peace for the wider region.
09:15So if you're against those things,
09:18then you are in the camp of Iran
09:21and these rogue state actors
09:23that are trying to export nihilism
09:25to the whole international system.
09:27I don't think we can allow that
09:28to happen on our watch.
09:29Do you think,
09:30in some ways,
09:30because obviously this has always
09:31been a nation of peace,
09:32it's a tourist destination,
09:33it's a business hub.
09:35In some ways,
09:37do you think what's happening now
09:38will change this country
09:40or this region forever?
09:41We grew from a pearl diving economy
09:43into a global exporter,
09:46not only of hydrocarbons,
09:47but of commodity,
09:48of foreign direct investment,
09:50investment of clean energy,
09:52of AI.
09:53We're a country that is looking
09:54to an AI future.
09:55We've got a $1.5 trillion investment
09:59with the United States
10:00in AI data centers.
10:01We've got similar investments
10:03in Europe and Italy and France
10:04in AI data centers.
10:06We're building those here.
10:07We're an economy of the future.
10:09We always adapt in crisis.
10:11We respond.
10:12We're flexible.
10:13We don't promise
10:14that the regional environment
10:16can be entirely controlled.
10:18It cannot.
10:19I think that's a false promise.
10:20But we do promise
10:21that we will keep our country safe.
10:24We will keep our residents safe.
10:25In terms of Emirates and Etihad,
10:27you know,
10:27you've got these messages
10:28from the international community
10:30saying,
10:30quick, get on these emergency flights.
10:32Yet at the same time,
10:33you hear from people here
10:35that the flights at times
10:36are half empty
10:37and there's plenty of capacity.
10:38How hard is it
10:39from your perspective
10:40when some international audiences
10:42are saying one thing
10:43and yet the reality
10:44is completely different?
10:45When this broke out,
10:47some passengers and tourists
10:48opted to leave.
10:49Many opted to stay.
10:50As you said,
10:51some of these flights
10:51are half empty.
10:53But I think some governments
10:54for domestic reasons
10:56felt compelled to show
10:58that they were offering
10:59that service to the UAE.
11:01A number of other European countries
11:03called us up and said,
11:04look, we know the best way
11:06out of the UAE
11:07is for the airlines
11:07to be fully operational
11:08and we'll do everything
11:09to help make that happen.
11:12And I think you'll see
11:13that actually the numbers
11:14have dwindled.
11:14What needs to happen
11:15is Iran needs to desist
11:17from its attacks,
11:18needs to understand
11:19that it cannot behave
11:20as a regional bully.
11:22It needs to understand
11:22that it is isolated
11:23on the international stage,
11:25that the model here
11:26is resilient,
11:27that it's tough,
11:28that it's adaptable
11:29and that we will overcome this.
11:30But they may not
11:32if they don't choose
11:32to go to the negotiating table
11:34at some point
11:34with the United States
11:35and find a compromise
11:37out of this.
11:38We are always for
11:40in the future
11:40diplomatic solutions
11:42to conflicts.
11:43we don't believe
11:43in military escalation,
11:45but we're tough
11:46when what we have fought
11:47so hard to build
11:48is challenged
11:49and we will be tough
11:50through this.
11:51Thank you, Your Excellency.
11:52Thank you.
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