00:00Welcome back. The United Arab Emirates is building alternative routes for energy exports and trade to avoid being held hostage
00:08by the war with Iran.
00:10UAE Presidential Advisor Anwar Gargash says Abu Dhabi is expanding port capacity, pipelines, railways and trade corridors along its eastern
00:20coast.
00:21Dealing with Iran remains a central issue, not only for the UAE but for all the Gulf countries.
00:30Iran remains our neighbor, and at some point we will have to find a way to restore what can be
00:37restored.
00:38Geography leaves us no alternative to engagement.
00:43But we must distinguish clearly between rebuilding a necessary and functional relationship with Iran and rebuilding the trust that has
00:56been broken.
00:56The first is necessary, the second will be far more difficult.
01:01The war has disrupted the oil-rich Gulf states with Iran firing missiles at the UAE and attacking oil tankers
01:09in the Strait of Hormuz.
01:10The UAE, which has served as an important economic lifeline for Iran, suspended financial and economic transactions with Tehran in
01:18August, citing military escalation and missile threats.
01:22The UAE, which has served as an international relationship with Iran and the U.S., the U.S., the U
01:23.S.
Comments