US freezes F-35 sale to UAE jpost.com/breaking-news/…
Former Trump administration official involved in the Abraham Accords tells me the freeze is "a vote of confidence in Iran and a vote of dismay to our allies who proactively made peace. It’s a slap in the face. Every bad message you could possibly send - this is it."
UAE is playing it cool
https://twitter.com/uaeembassyus/status/1354527960020221955
State Dept official tells me: This is a routine administrative action typical to most any transition, and demonstrates the Administration’s commitment to transparency and good governance, as well as ensuring U.S. arms sales meet our strategic objectives of building stronger 1/
interoperable, and more capable security partners.
The official did not answer my question if it's just UAE and Saudi or if other sales are being frozen. 2/2
The official did not answer my question if it's just UAE and Saudi or if other sales are being frozen. 2/2
Blinken: It is typical at the start of an administration to review any pending sales, to make sure that what is being considered is something that advances our strategic objectives and advances our foreign policy, so that's what we're doing at this moment 1/2
More Blinken: We very much support the Abraham Accords, we think that Israel normalizing relations w its neighbors...is a very positive development...We're also trying to make sure that we have a full understanding of any commitments that may have been made in securing [them]
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