As per the Bloomberg reports on India-Pakistan Peace Deal, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted Indian and Pakistani officials to negotiate secretly before the ceasefire agreement.
How the India-Pakistan Peace Deal Materialise?
- Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister, visited Delhi one day after the peace deal in the thaw forward.
- In Nov 2020, the Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar met Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the de facto leader, crown prince, and de facto ruler, on a 2-day visit to Abu Dhabi.
- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi followed the meet in Dec 2020.
- The report also highlights the next course of action both sides reinstating envoys in New Delhi and Islamabad.
Note: Both India and Pakistan pulled out their envoys in 2019 after Pakistan protested India’s move to revoke seven decades of autonomy for the disputed Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Reasons the UAE acted as mediator
Experts point out that since 2011, the marked ‘Arab Spring,’ the UAE’s foreign policy has been “pro-Active” in the following areas:
- It is strengthening its military power to defend the governance model by tolerance. It includes religious tolerance; 80% of UAE’s population are foreign workers. It is crucial as UAE wants to be one of the world’s best industrial and financial hubs in a “post-oil economy.”
- It is safeguarding against the rising fundamentalism in the country.
- Non-allowance of transnational, non-religious ideologies to take roots within the borders.
- the promotion of “stability, development, and modernization’ to reflect on UAE’s overall strategic development in the region
- Besides the USA, the UAE has “strategic partnership agreements” with China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and India.
- On many occasions, UAE keeps its stand neutral and observed that good ties with the US should not be seen as unfriendly by China or any other nation.
- UAE seeks global recognition as significant world power contributing towards global peace and stability. It has been participating in several international peacekeeping missions since the 1990s, and it has joined the international coalition forces in the region.
Overall, the UAE aims to be recognized as a responsible power playing global roles and aspires to be uniques in the Middle East region.
Some related stats
- UAE’s total population of 10 million (last census), 88 per cent happen to be expatriates, those from South Asia constituting as many as 60 per cent.
- Among the South Asians, the Indians are the largest; they number 3.4 million, followed by Pakistanis at 1.2 million.
To establish regional peace and development, the UAE envisages a stable Indo-Pak relationship positively impacting UAE’s demographic composition and domestic order.
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