Helping Camel Jockeys

The United States and the United Arab Emirates: A Bilateral Partnership

The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have shared strong ties for 35 years. In recent years those ties have strengthened and evolved from private commercial ties, especially in petroleum, to a bilateral relationship in which the two nations have cooperated on political, economic and security issues...cont.

White House Fact Sheet

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Is A Longstanding Friend And Ally Of The United States...cont.

UAE is a valued partner of the United States: Mitchell

WAM, January 17, 2007
DUBAI -- The UAE is a valued partner of the United States on economic, security and human rights issues, according to US Senator George Mitchell. Asked about his view of the current situation in Dubai, which has recently come under attack from lawyers in the United States for alleged abuse of camel jockeys, Senator Mitchell said: "The United Arab Emirates, and Dubai in particular, have given birth to a truly modern, urban and tolerant Arabic society of the 21st Century...cont.