FACT CHECK · DIPLOMACY
Claim: Israel and the UAE had no ties before 2020
FALSETHE ANSWER
In Nov 2015 the UAE let Israel open a diplomatic office in Abu Dhabi, accredited only to the renewables agency IRENA - five years before the Accords. Both sides stressed it was not full relations.
SOURCE
Al Jazeera, 27 Nov 2015; UAE Foreign Ministry statement via WAM (Maryam al-Falasi)
aljazeera.com · timesofisrael.com
aljazeera.com · timesofisrael.com
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