Meeting with UAE Ambassador

The United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Singapore, Dr Mohammed Omar Abdulla Balfaqeeh came to visit ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. 

On 10 July 2017,  the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Singapore, Dr Mohammed Omar Abdulla Balfaqeeh visited ISEAS _ Yusof Ishak Institute to learn more about ISEAS and to discuss possible ways to enhance and strengthen cooperation between the UAE and ISEAS.


From left to right: Mr Yasser Fares, Media & Political Analyst, Embassy of The United Arab Emirates Singapore; Dr Tang Siew Mun, Senior Fellow & Head ASEAN Studies Centre, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute; HE Dr Mohammed Omar Abdulla Balfaqeeh, UAE Ambassador; Mr Tan Chin Tiong, Director ISEAS– Yusof Ishak Institute; Mr Saleh Saif Al Sharqi, Head of Political, Economic & Media Section, Embassy of The United Arab Emirates Singapore; Dr Norshahril Saat, Fellow ISEAS-Ishak Institute.

The participants also discussed tensions in the South China Sea, the potential of China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, and India’s strategic concerns.