THETheir Middle Eastern policies seem to be modeled on each other. Whether in Egypt in the blank check granted to the autocrat President Al-Sisi, in Libya, in support of the unpredictable Marshal Haftar, or in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the denunciation of the interference of President Erdogan from Turkey, the France and the United Arab Emirates speak with one voice. “We are indeed in agreement on many subjects, because, fundamentally, we are animated by the same kind of realpolitik in the region”, confides to the Point Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates. “But that doesn’t mean we’re operating like a cut and paste. “
Linked to Abu Dhabi by a defense agreement since 2015, Paris has in the UAE capital a …
