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President Joe Biden\u2019s administration put the deal on hold after he took office, in part due to criticism of the UAE and Saudi Arabia over their yearslong war in Yemen, which has sparked one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises and continues today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also included in the deal are 18 advanced drone systems and a package of air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emirati officials blame an American insistence on restrictions on how and where the F-35s could be used and say they are a violation of the UAE\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is prepared to move forward with the sales if the Emiratis decide to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve wanted to make sure, for example, that our commitment to Israel\u2019s qualitative military edge is ensured, so we wanted to make sure that we could do a thorough review of any technologies that are sold or transferred to other partners in the region, including the UAE,\u201d he told reporters at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia\u2019s foreign minister on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters that U.S. requirements on the use of American-made military equipment \u201care universal, non-negotiable, and not specific to the UAE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. partnership with the UAE is more strategic and more complex than any one weapon sale,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A person familiar with the matter said the U.S. believes the Emiratis\u2019 move now is a negotiating tactic to try to move the process along. The person, who was not authorized to comment and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the UAE letter notifying the U.S. of the suspension was written by a relatively low-level official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wall Street Journal first disclosed the suspension of negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAE has long worked with the U.S. on counterterrorism and allowed the entry of people fleeing Afghanistan during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal earlier this year. But tensions between Washington and Abu Dhabi have risen over the UAE\u2019s growing cooperation with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, a top Emirati diplomat acknowledged the UAE stopped construction on a Chinese facility at an Abu Dhabi port that America considered a military base. The Journal first revealed the presence of the alleged facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe took these American concerns into consideration and we stopped the work on the facilities,\u201d the diplomat, Anwar Gargash, told a meeting of the the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. \u201cBut our position remains the same, that these facilities were not really military facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described the discussions between the UAE and the U.S. \u201cas quite frank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press journalists Isabel DeBre and Jon Gambrell in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Robert Burns and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Arab Emirates has suspended talks on a deal to purchase American-made F-35 jets, armed drones and other equipment, in a rare dispute between Washington and a key 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