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The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates, each ruled by a Sheikh. Until 1971 the sheikhdoms had been protectorates of the United Kingdom, known as the Trucial States . On December 1, 1971 The UK ended its relationship with the Trucial States and the sheikhdoms became independent.
This is a list of United States ambassadors appointed by the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden.. Biden has appointed more ambassadors who are career members of the foreign service compared to former president Donald Trump, who deviated from the 70 percent norm by nominating 56 percent career foreign service members. [1]
The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United States. It is located at 3522 International Court, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood. [1] The current ambassador is Yousef Al Otaiba. [2]
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The UAE declared its independence on December 2, 1971, upon completion of treaties with Great Britain, and the United States recognized the new nation the following day, on December 3. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Diplomatic relations were formally established on March 20, 1972, with American diplomat William Stoltzfus , who was also accredited to other Persian ...
The United States has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate-general in Dubai which provide services to American citizens. There are also expatriate and business organizations, such as the American Women's Association in Dubai, [4] the American Women's Network of Abu Dhabi [5] an American Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi [6] and an American Business Council of Dubai and the Northern Emirates.
[39] On 10 November 2020, Donald Trump’s administration formally notified the Congress regarding the pending sale of 50 stealth F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, as a part of the US’ broad arms deal worth $23 billion. The deal included 50 F-35s, 18 advanced armed drone systems and a package of air-to-air and air-to-ground ...
In addition, the country must provide visa-free access to United States citizens and has to be either an independent country or a dependency of a VWP country (which has precluded Hong Kong and Macau from participating in the program). (Until April 4, 2016, Argentina charged 160 USD to U.S. citizens to enter.)