UAE’s Sheikh Mohamed discusses regional peace with Israel’s Netanyahu in phone call

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Tuesday discussed ways to enhance relations with Israel during a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Emirates News Agency reported.

Sheikh Mohamed “affirmed the UAE’s ongoing commitment to bilateral relations with Israel,” according to the WAM report.

The president said that the US-brokered Abraham Accords — signed in 2020 to normalize relations between UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan with Israel — provided “further framework for the countries to collaborate across multiple fields and sectors.”

During their discussion, Sheikh Mohamed also “reaffirmed” that UAE would work with Israel and other Arab nations to ensure peace in the region.

Earlier this year, national security advisors of the US, UAE, Bahrain and Israel discussed deepening regional integration.

It came within the framework of increasing the number of Arab states normalizing ties with Israel, something the administration of US President Joe Biden is focused on.

The four countries also talked about clean energy, emerging technology, regional security, and commercial relations, according to a joint statement.