Representatives of the US, EU and UK called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop exporting critical goods to Russia, reports the Financial Times. Western countries believe that the Russian Federation can use the supplied goods for military purposes.
According to Russian customs, the export of electronic components from the UAE to Russia in 2022 increased by more than seven times and reached almost $283 million, the newspaper writes, citing the Free Russia Foundation. Also, the UAE exported 15 times more chips to Russia in a year than a year earlier, and the volume of trade in these products increased to $24.3 million compared to $1.6 million in 2021.
In this regard, in February 2023, the head of the US sanctions coordination office, James O’Brien, EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan and the director of the UK sanctions office, David Reid, visited the UAE in February 2023 to “clarify a wide range of trade restrictions” and also put pressure on officials UAE to stop possible violation of sanctions.
According to the newspaper, Western countries are of particular concern about re-export, which allows deliveries of goods through the UAE, bypassing restrictions.
“Our request [к ОАЭ] is that they stop re-exporting [и] recognized that this re-export is problematic,” the Western official said, adding that “discussions [этого вопроса] continue.”
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After the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western countries imposed numerous sanctions against Russia. Part of the restrictions is designed to stop the supply of technologies to the Russian Federation that can be used for military purposes. Nevertheless, despite all the restrictions imposed, Russia probably continues to purchase the necessary components in circumvention of sanctions through companies in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and other countries.
