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UAE an Example of a Successful Mideast Nuclear Deal
(Wall Street Journal) Yousef Al Otaiba - On March 3, the UAE announced it had finished loading fuel into Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant. When all four units become operational, the plant will provide 25% of the UAE's electricity. Ten years ago, the U.S. and UAE signed the strongest bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement in history. The UAE pledged to forgo domestic enrichment and reprocessing of nuclear material. It acceded to the IAEA Additional Protocol, allowing for short-notice inspections of any nuclear facility at any time. The UAE's voluntary commitments significantly exceed those extracted from Iran. The international community should insist on Iran signing on to the same voluntary commitments as the UAE. The writer is the United Arab Emirates' ambassador to the U.S.