Saudi Arabia–United Arab Emirates relations

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Relations between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been marked by tensions and disputes since before the UAE's independence, alongside areas of alignment and efforts to coordinate their military, political, economic, trade and cultural policies. Both countries are part of Eastern Arabia and the Middle East region and share a long border with each other. Both countries are members of the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Economic and geopolitical rivalries have contributed to tensions between the two countries, which have also played out through proxy conflicts in Sudan and Yemen. Saudi Arabia maintains an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate general in Dubai, while the UAE has an embassy in Riyadh and a consulate in Jeddah.

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