US’s Blinken to meet UAE leader in Morocco to shore up ties

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates in Morocco on Tuesday in a bid to ease disagreements over oil, Iran and the Ukraine crisis. On his visit, Blinken will also have talks with Moroccan and Algerian officials after a period of heightened regional tension surrounding the dispute over Western Sahara. Blinken’s trip is aimed at shoring up ties with Arab allies that have chafed at what they see as declining US commitment to security in their region. Unusually for a Middle East tour, the US secretary of state did not stop in Gulf monarchies t…

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