"The UAE has informed the US that it will suspend discussions to acquire the F-35," an Emirati official advised CNN. "Technical requirements, sovereign operational restrictions, and cost/benefit analysis led to the re-assessment.""The UAE and US were working toward an understanding that would address mutual defense security conditions for the acquisition," the official added. "The US remains the UAE's preferred provider for advanced defense requirements and discussions for the F-35 may be re-opened in the future."The US State Department mentioned the White House remained "committed" to the deal, which was seen as a cornerstone of an August 2020 settlement to normalize diplomatic relations between the UAE and Israel. The sale -- which might contain essentially the most superior US weaponry ever transferred to an Arab state -- has been on a collision course since then, with US politicians elevating issues concerning the deal.On Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby additionally mentioned that the US was keen to work with the UAE to handle each nations' issues. "The US partnership with the UAE is more strategic and more complex than any one weapons sale," Kirby mentioned at a press gaggle. "We will always insist, as a matter of statutory requirements and policy, on a variety of end-user requirements. That's typical."
"And these end-user requirements and protection of US defense equipment are universal, nonnegotiable and not specific to the UAE," he added.
The suspension of the landmark deal comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met the UAE's de facto chief, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, in the UAE capital. It was the primary offical go to was the primary by an Israeli chief to the Gulf state. "As we recently confirmed at the Dubai Air Show, the Biden-Harris Administration remains committed to the proposed sales of F-35 aircraft, the MQ-9B, and munitions even as we continue consultations to ensure that we have a clear, mutual understanding of Emirati obligations and actions before, during and after delivery," a State Department spokesperson mentioned. The US authorities has repeatedly pushed the UAE to drop China's Huawei Technologies Co. from its telecommunications community, and claimed that the expertise might pose a safety danger for its weapons techniques. "The F-35 is our crown jewel of the United States, of our air force and so we need to be able to protect the technology security for all of our partners," US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Regional Security Mira Resnick advised CNN's Becky Anderson final week, responding to a query about whether or not the UAE must select between Huawei and the F-35s. "These are the conversations we have with the Emiratis about the choices they can make now to be sure they can be part of the F-35 program," Resnick added. But UAE officers have been skeptical about US claims concerning the potential safety breach and have expressed nervousness about getting caught up in a "new cold war" between a high buying and selling accomplice and its foremost strategic ally. "What we are worried about is this fine line between acute competition (between China and the US) and a new Cold War," Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE management, mentioned in remarks to the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington final week. "Because I think we, as a small state, will be affected negatively by this, but will not have the ability in any way to affect this competition even positively really."
In these remarks, Gargash additionally confirmed stories that the UAE had shuttered a Chinese facility over US suspicions that it was getting used for navy functions, regardless of the UAE disagreeing with the US' characterization of the positioning. "The UAE's view was that these certain facilities in no way could be construed as military facilities," mentioned Gargash. "However, US had its concerns and we took these American concerns into consideration and stopped the work on these facilities."
"But our position remains the same. That these facilities were not really military facilities," he added. "But then again, you had the concerns of your major ally, and I think it would be foolish for you not to address the concerns of your ally." A navy delegation from the UAE is scheduled to go to the Pentagon tomorrow, in accordance with Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary. Though the assembly wasn't purported to be concerning the sale of F-35s, it's going to nearly definitely come up, he mentioned."The meeting wasn't designed to talk about a military sale," he mentioned. "It was designed talk about the broad scope of our defense relationship with the UAE. But I would anticipate that this would be something that we would take advantage of the opportunity to talk with them about their concerns, as well as sharing our concerns about the sale."
Mostafa Salem and Celine Alkhaldi reported from Abu Dhabi. Jennifer Hansler and Oren Liebermann reported from Washington. Tamara Qiblawi wrote from London.
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