CAIRO | Xinhua |  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday announced its decision to quit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the wider OPEC+ alliance, effective on May 1, following “a careful look at the regional power’s energy strategies.” Why is the UAE leaving one of the world’s most important oil …

The UAE has also been frustrated with Pakistan, partly because of its deepening ties with Saudi Arabia, but also because of what it considers Islamabad's meek role as a mediator between the US and Iran.

DUBAI  | Xinhua | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Tuesday it will withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the wider OPEC+ alliance, with effect from May 1, 2026, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The decision reflects the UAE’s long-term strategic and economic vision and evolving energy profile, including …

It will have little effect on the current oil blockades, but it could change everything afterwards.

It will have little effect on the current oil blockades, but it could change everything afterwards.

L'UAÉ annonce son retrait d'OPEP, marquant une rupture avec l'Arabie Saoudite. Les conséquences politiques et stratégiques sont examinées par Jamie Ingram.

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, expert in the geopolitics of energy Giacomo Luciani, Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, says that the departure of the UAE from the OPEC cartels is a "manifestation of dissatisfaction vis à vis Saudi Arabia".