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UAE rejects liquidity concerns while exploring U.S. currency swap

Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE's Ambassador to the U.S. and a Minister of State, clarified the UAE’s position, saying that “any suggestion that the UAE requires external financial backing misreads the facts.”

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Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the U.S., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference

The UAE has moved to reassure markets that it has no liquidity problems or need for external financing, despite seeking assistance in the form of a currency swap with the U.S. amid the economic fallout from the Iran war....