UAE Refuses to Take Sides In the Ongoing Russia-Ukraine Conflict

On Friday, the United Arab Emirates abstained from voting against Russia in the United Nations Security Council. On Sunday, the Gulf country again expressed its reluctance to condemn Russia’s attacks on Ukraine.

The diplomatic advisor, Anwar Gargash, of the UAE’s president, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan expressed the country’s beliefs in a tweet saying that taking sides in this conflict would only lead to further viol....