UAE denies signing security pact with Israel

The UAE's director of international security cooperation denies reports published by a section of Israeli media that the UAE and Israel had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on internal security.

According to the national news agency WAM, the reports inaccurately stated that the deal was part of the tripartite peace treaty signed between the UAE, Israel and United States earlier this month.

Salem Mohammed Al Zaabi, the Director of the International Security Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MOFAIC), said that the main goal of the treaty was to establish economic and scientific relations in the fields of technology, artificial intelligence, AI, health and education.

He emphasised that seeking security agreements was not within the framework of deal.

Reports circulated by some media outlets claimed that contacts had been opened at the ministerial level between the two countries to conclude a security agreement shortly.

Al Zaabi called for accuracy, objectivity and taking facts from reliable sources, stressing that these reports are "completely inaccurate''.