UAE's Gargash Warns of Prolonged Regional Uncertainty, Says U.S.-Iran Settlement Appears Difficult
Reuters reported on November 9 that Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates, warned on Monday that the region could face a prolonged period of uncertainty, saying a comprehensive political settlement between the United States and Iran to end the more than eight-month war appeared to be difficult.
"We should ... prepare for a long period of uncertainty in which neither a decisive resolution nor stable regional order can be taken for granted," Gargash said in an address to the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate, a geopolitical conference in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Gargash also said the consequences of the U.S. war with Iran "may persist for a long time," requiring the UAE to invest in its "defensive capabilities, the maintenance of credible deterrence, and stronger international security partners." He said the UAE opposed the U.S. war with Iran from the outset.
Gargash said the war demonstrated the importance of the UAE's defence and security cooperation with Washington, and he thanked France, Israel, Greece, Egypt and India for their "support and solidarity." Reuters noted that some countries helped defend the UAE against Iranian attacks earlier this year.
On Monday, Gargash said a prolonged period of regional uncertainty would require sustained diplomatic engagement by the UAE with Iran and other regional and international partners, and that some of that engagement in the near term might be transactional by necessity, without specifying what that might entail. Speaking in Manama on November 1, Gargash had said the UAE was "braced for the worst" amid regional fears that the United States was on the verge of striking Iran and that Tehran would retaliate by attacking Gulf states, as it had earlier this year.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, November 8, that he did not believe a breakthrough on diplomatic efforts to end the war was imminent.
Source: Reuters, November 9, 2026, reporting Gargash's address to the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate.
来源链接： https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uaes-gargash-warns-prolonged-regional-uncertainty-says-us-iran-settlement-2026-11-09/
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Source: Reuters
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