By Jane Witherspoon & Toby Gregory
Growing instability in the Gulf and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz are a direct challenge to European energy supply and trade, the UAE president's top adviser said on Sunday.
“We did not arrive at where we are in 2026,” Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President Dr Anwar Gargash told the GLOBSEC conference in Prague.
“The seeds of discontent, so to speak, whether it's in the international system or in the Middle East as a subsystem of the international system, have been there for a long time.”
When asked about the fallout from the Iran war, Gargash said Gulf states had worked hard to avoid conflict, while recognising the risks any escalation would pose to both the region and the wider international system.
