{"id":15980,"date":"2025-04-16T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15980"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:07:08","slug":"declassified-uk-documents-reveal-historic-uae-saudi-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/declassified-uk-documents-reveal-historic-uae-saudi-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Declassified UK Documents Reveal Historic UAE-Saudi Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Recently declassified British documents have revealed long-standing, quiet tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia dating back to the founding of the UAE. Records from the UK National Archives in London show that Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE, was skeptical of Saudi Arabia\u2019s regional intentions\u2014even going so far as to request U.S. intervention to stop the kingdom\u2019s territorial claims over its Gulf neighbors.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"33885bb7-078f-4673-9a6d-f04963485681\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"798\">The documents pertain to a visit in April 1986, when Sheikh Zayed hosted British Conservative MP Julian Amery in Abu Dhabi. Their conversation, described in the memos as \u201cfrank and concerned,\u201d focused on the future of Gulf relations\u2014particularly between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"800\" data-end=\"1138\">According to Amery\u2019s notes, Sheikh Zayed, along with Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan (then Chief of Staff), expressed deep concern over Saudi behavior\u2014especially after its historical attempts to take control of the oil- and water-rich Buraimi Oasis, a long-disputed area with Oman and the Trucial States (which later became the UAE).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15981\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15981 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/52-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"UAE Skepticism Toward Saudi Ambitions Uncovered\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/52-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/52-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/52-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/52.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Declassified UK Documents Reveal Historic UAE-Saudi Tensions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"93\"><strong data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"91\">Zayed\u2019s Warning: UAE Skepticism Toward Saudi Ambitions Uncovered<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1322\">The documents confirm that Sheikh Zayed regretted signing the 1974 \u201cJeddah Agreement\u201d with King Faisal, viewing it as a major concession, particularly in terms of border demarcation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1633\">Remarkably, Sheikh Zayed openly told the British MP that he had asked U.S. official Richard Murphy\u2014then Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs\u2014to deliver a direct message to Saudi Arabia, urging it not to make territorial claims against its allies, particularly referring to Oman and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1917\">Amery noted in his report that the Emirati concern had, at that point, shifted beyond the Palestinian issue for the first time, and was now explicitly focused on Saudi Arabia\u2019s regional ambitions\u2014something he interpreted as a sign of changing foreign policy priorities in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1919\" data-end=\"2165\">These revelations come at a time of major political shifts and growing complexity in Gulf relations, making historical documents like these vital for understanding the deep-rooted dynamics behind either convergence or discord among Gulf capitals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Recently declassified British documents have revealed long-standing, quiet tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia dating back to the founding of the UAE. Records from the UK National Archives in London show that Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE, was skeptical of Saudi Arabia\u2019s regional intentions\u2014even going &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[71,4862,4863,1376],"class_list":["post-15980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-sheikh-zayed","tag-sheikh-zayed-bin-sultan-al-nahyan","tag-the-uae"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Declassified UK Documents Reveal Historic UAE-Saudi Tensions - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"British documents reveal that UAE founder Sheikh Zayed 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