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The UAE welcomed a joint go to from senior officers from the European Union, United Kingdom and United States to debate export controls and the commerce of potential dual-use merchandise.
During the go to, Erik Woodhouse, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs on the US Department of State, David O’Sullivan, International Special Envoy for the Implementation of EU Sanctions, and Kumar Iyer, Director General of Economics, Science, and Technology of the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), met with representatives from the Executive Office for Control and Non-Proliferation, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Economy, the Central Bank of the UAE, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The classes supplied a chance for the UAE to transient on the nation’s export management framework, and for either side to debate respective sanctions regimes and set out future plans to additional strengthen coordination.
Saeed Al Hajeri, Assistant Minister for Economic and Trade Affairs on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated: “As one of the world’s most important trade and investment hubs, the UAE welcomes the opportunity to build on the constructive conversations held in February to strengthen our partnership and coordination on export controls and sanctions regimes.”
“The visit was an opportunity to highlight the UAE’s export control framework, as well as outline in detail the clear and robust processes in place. The UAE has a legal export control framework and is continuously monitoring the export of dual-use products. We reiterated our commitment to remain in close dialogue with our international partners.”
