Abu Dhabi, Sept. 7 -- The UAE is developing alternative routes for energy exports and trade to ensure that its exports are not "held hostage" by the ongoing US-Iran war, presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said today.
"Our energy exports will not be held hostage, nor will our trade and economic activity," Gargash told the Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi.
He said the UAE was expanding port capacity along its eastern coast and developing pipelines, railways and trade routes to create alternative corridors for energy and commercial activity.
The UAE has been heavily affected by the conflict, with Iran launching missile attacks against the country and targeting its oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
Gargash said relations with Iran could eventuall...