Meeting in the Kremlin. United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, days after OPEC+’s controversial decision to cut oil production.
The two men will discuss “regional and international subjects of common interest”, the official Emirati agency WAM said on Monday, announcing the visit of Sheikh Mohammed, one of the few of a head of state in Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army last February. The move comes after OPEC+’s controversial decision to cut oil production.
This alliance – which brings together the 13 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), including the Emirates, and their ten allies led by Moscow – is accused by the United States of playing into the hands of the Kremlin, which has an interest in support the courts to finance his war.