AL-DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Jared Kushner and U.S. officials visited a major U.S. airbase in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, talking to Emirati pilots on the runway near the F-35 fighter jet complex.hopes to buy while normalizing with Israel.
President Donald Trump’s father-in-law at Al-Dhafra Air Base took a stand just before the departure of the El Al flight that led the US-Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi.
The U.S. delegation arrived in the United Arab Emirates on an El Al plane monday on the first direct advertising passenger flight between the two countries, following an agreement negotiated through the Trump administration last month that saw the two countries identify diplomatic relations..
At the base near Abu Dhabi, Kushner and U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien met with Emirati major general Falah al-Qahtani, a senior defense official.
“The reputation of the Emirati armed forces has all over the world,” O’Brien said as reporters listened.”This is one of the most capable forces in the world and we are proud to work with you and serve with you.”
O’Brien added that the United States expected a “significant security aspect” in the standardization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, giving additional details.The hounds also visited a joint command center throughout the United States and the United Arab Emirates on the site..
Kusher, dressed in a mask in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, shook hands with the American and Emirati pilots accumulated for the event and left a written message at the base.
“May quotations with America continue to expand and that together, through force, they gain advantages as we bring more peace and prosperity to the Middle East and beyond!”He wrote.
Journalists in Al-Dhafra show substitution in dating between the United Arab Emirates and the United States, which concluded defense agreements with the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven sheikhs of the Arabian Peninsula, in the midst of the 1991 Gulf War.Emirati special forces deployed in Afghanistan after the 2001 U.S. invasion following the 9/11 attacks.
But for years, the U.S. MilitaryHe has only vaguely referred to Al-Dhafra as a base in “southwest Asia.”In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has been much more willing to recognize the US’s presence.But it’s not the first time Here and elsewhere in a country that houses about 5,000 American soldiers.Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port is also the U.S. Navy’s most active port of call outside the United States.
Al-Dhafra has hosted the F-35 for years, as well as surveillance aircraft, armed drones and refueling aircraft.The scale of the US delegation at the base of this tour suggests that the sale of the F-35 remains a key detail of the agreement..
The UAE has touted the standardization agreement as a tool to force Israel to end its controversial plan to annex parts of the West Bank sought after by the Palestinians for its long-term status. inaccessible past, like the F-35 fighter. Currently, Israel is the only country in the region that has stealth fighter jets.
The Palestinians, however, have vehemently opposed normalization, as it takes away one of the few in dying peace talks with Israel.Palestinians organized public protests and angrily burned the flag of the United Arab Emirates.
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