Joe Biden walks down the colonnade with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the White House in Washington. Reuters
A joint statement issued by UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and US President John Biden on Monday, at the end of the UAE President’s first official visit to Washington, reflects the deepening ties between the two countries. I am doing it.
And these relationships are built on technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), civil nuclear power, the Partnership to Accelerate Clean Energy (PACE), and climate-friendly policies and programs, including Agricultural Innovation Mission 4 Climate Change. I’m looking to the future where I want to do (AIM4C) and a few other programs. The United States also recognizes the UAE as a major defense partner of the United States, the only country other than India to be so designated.
In a region riddled with many conflicts, including ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, the UAE has charted a unique path to peace and prosperity in the region through technological and economic advancement. The joint statement said: “The leaders have chosen the United Arab Emirates to lead global efforts to develop and expand new sectors that are central to the global economy, including cutting-edge technologies and clean energy, particularly those needed to power artificial intelligence. “It set forth an ambitious policy for the Commonwealth and the United States.” ”
This purely future-oriented partnership characterizes the relationship between our two countries. Mr. Biden said in the Oval Office after meeting with Sheikh Mohammed: “The UAE is a pioneering nation that is always looking to the future and always making big bets…Indeed, this is the basis for our growing cooperation in AI and clean energy.” In space, in infrastructure that connects the region. in investments. ”
Anwar Gargash, the UAE president’s foreign affairs adviser, told CNN’s Becky Anderson that Sheikh Mohammed’s visit to Washington was “almost almost exclusively about the future.” He said: “It was about economics. It was about technology, and it was about the UAE’s bid to partner on what the future of technology is…The AI component is “front and center of the discussion.” It was. ”
Both countries look to each other to come together despite the uncertain and turbulent geopolitical situation. The UAE is looking to the future beyond the fog and noise of the current situation in the region and the world. And the UAE recognizes that the future is all about economics and technology, and that the problems facing people around the world are rooted in these two dimensions. Technology helps people overcome economic poverty.
The UAE, like the United States, believes in the power of the private sector to create a free market economy. The highlight of the UAE president’s visit to the US was the signing of an agreement between the UAE private sector Group of 42 (G42) and US private internet giant Microsoft. The two are working on Kenya’s digital transformation. This is an ambitious project not just for Kenya, but for East Africa and the entire Middle East.
This is truly an investment in the future. When the political friction that now looms large on the horizon fades, what remains clearly on the landscape are future projects that will provide livelihoods to millions of people living in this region. Investing in future technology is the only guarantee for future generations. The UAE leadership is keeping its eyes firmly on the horizon, with the intention of preparing for the future. Few countries are as closely committed to their future as the UAE. This will definitely pay dividends in the future. This is a result of the UAE’s visionary leadership.