UAE, India and the Rafale issuenote

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is said to have not brought up the Rafale issue with any Indian official during his three-day visit to New Delhi last month to attend the celebrations of the India’s Republic Day at the invitation of Indian PM Narendra Modi. The following 401-word report sheds more light on Sheikh Mohammad’s reaction to allegations about the possibility of the Indians mediating between the UAE and France on the issue. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 24/07 – Feb. 17, 2017]