DUBAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan will travel to Russia on Tuesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, the UAE state news agency reported on Monday WAM.
The UAE’s foreign ministry said the visit aims to help achieve “effective political solutions” to the Ukraine crisis, WAM reported.
The UAE seeks to “achieve positive results for military de-escalation, reduce humanitarian repercussions and reach a political agreement to achieve global peace and security,” the ministry added.
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The visit came less than a week after OPEC+, a group of oil producers that includes the United Arab Emirates and Russia, agreed to make sharp cuts in oil production in defiance of US pressure.
The decision by OPEC led by Saudi Arabia and its Russian-led allies, the grouping known as OPEC+, has further strained relations between Washington and its traditional Gulf allies in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, they said sources
US President Joe Biden’s administration had pushed hard to avoid cutting production, hoping to keep a cap on gasoline prices ahead of midterm elections in which his Democratic Party could lose control of Congress.
Biden flew to Jeddah in July for a Gulf summit to try to mend relations, but left without a deal for more oil production.
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Reporting by Ahmad Elhamy in Cairo; Written by Yousef Saba and Nadine Awadalla in Dubai; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Lisa Shumaker
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