The diplomatic foreign relations of the United Arab Emirates are conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
David Michael Satterfield is an American diplomat and ambassador,who has served extensively in the Middle East,including the Persian Gulf area,Lebanon,and Iraq. He later served as a senior advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was director general of the Multinational Force and Observers,the peacekeeping force for the Sinai Peninsula from June 2009 until August 2017. He was chargéd'affaires to Egypt from August 2013 to January 2014 and was subsequently Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya. From September 2017 to June 2019 he served as the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs,and was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Turkey on June 27,2019.
Michele Jeanne Sison is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States,including ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of career ambassador.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates. He is a son of the founder of the United Arab Emirates,Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. In 2020,he was a signatory of the Abraham Accords on behalf of the UAE.
The United Arab Emirates has quite a close and friendly relationship with the US,being described as the United States' best counter-terrorism ally in the Gulf by Richard A. Clarke,the U.S. national security advisor and counter-terrorism expert. In terms of defense,the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces has been nicknamed "Little Sparta" by United States Armed Forces generals and former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis for its active role against extremists in the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates also hosts the only United States border preclearance in the Middle East.
Herro Kader Mustafa Garg is an American diplomat who had served as the United States ambassador to Bulgaria from October 2019 to February 2023. She is the current nominee to be the next US Ambassador to Egypt.
Syria–United Arab Emirates relations refer to the relationship between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Syrian Arab Republic. The UAE has an embassy in Damascus and Syria has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai. Both countries are members of the Arab League,part of the Middle East region and share close cultural ties.
Antony John Blinken is an American lawyer and diplomat. Since January 26,2021,he has served as the 71st United States secretary of state. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. Blinken was previously national security advisor to then-vice president Joe Biden from 2009 to 2013.
Bernadette M. Meehan is an American diplomat who has sered as the United States ambassador to Chile since 2022. She previously worked as chief international officer for the Obama Foundation. She also served as a spokesperson for the United States National Security Council in the Obama Administration.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
Michael Alan Ratney is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia since April 2023. He previously served as the Chargéd'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Israel.
Mary Catherine "Molly" Phee is an American diplomat who has served as assistant secretary of state for African affairs since September 2021. She previously served as the U.S. ambassador to South Sudan from 2015 to 2017. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of minister counselor.
Alina L. Romanowski is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Iraq since June 2022. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait from February 2020 to April 2022.
The Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement,officially the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement:Treaty of Peace,Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel,was initially agreed to in a joint statement by the United States,Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 13,2020,officially referred to as the Abraham Accords. The UAE thus became the third Arab country,after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994,to agree to formally normalize its relationship with Israel,as well as the first Persian Gulf country to do so. Concurrently,Israel agreed to suspend plans for annexing parts of the West Bank. The agreement normalized what had long been informal but robust foreign relations between the two countries. The agreement was signed at the White House on September 15,2020. It was approved unanimously by the Israeli cabinet on October 12 and was ratified by the Knesset on October 15. The UAE parliament and cabinet ratified the agreement on October 19. The agreement went into effect on January 5,2021.
Dilawar Syed is a Pakistani-American businessman,entrepreneur,and government official. He currently serves as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration. He previously served as Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the United States Department of State.
Yael Lempert is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Jordan since September 2023. She previously served as acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs between August 2021 and May 2022. She also served as deputy chief of mission for the U.S. Embassy in London and U.S. chargéd'affaires to the United Kingdom.
Steven H. Fagin is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Yemen since 2022.
Martina Anna Tkadlec Strong is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates since October 4,2023. She previously served as the de facto United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from January 20,2021 until April 16,2023.
