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UAE remains important member of Arab League despite leaving OPEC — envoy to Russia

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 134 words
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LAS Ambassador Walid Hamed Shiltagh stated that the United Arab Emirates remains an important member of the League of Arab States despite its withdrawal from OPEC. This statement follows a report from Africa Intelligence suggesting the UAE might leave the organization in the near future.

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Claims checked 5
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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What happened

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains an important member of the League of Arab States (LAS) following its withdrawal from OPEC, LAS Ambassador to Moscow Walid Hamed Shiltagh told TASS on the sidelines of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum event.

Why it matters

"Yes, they left OPEC, not the Arab League," he said in response to a question on the matter.

Common ground

"They are a member of the Arab League; it is a respected country that plays a role in the development of the community," Shiltagh emphasized.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

LAS Ambassador Walid Hamed Shiltagh stated that the United Arab Emirates remains an important member of the League of Arab States despite its withdrawal from OPEC. This statement follows a report from Africa Intelligence suggesting the UAE might leave the organization in the near future.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “LAS Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy expressed the view that the UAE might leave the organization in the near future following its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+, as reported by the Africa Intelligence portal on May 7”
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Multiple web search results (The Voice of Africa and another news report) confirm that Nabil Fahmy has been appointed as the new Secretary-General of the Arab League.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2026 in Egypt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Egypt
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nabil Fahmy (Arabic: نبيل فهمي) (born 5 January 1951) is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who served in the government of Egypt as minister of foreign affairs from June 2013 to July 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Fahmy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Al-Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنية), commonly known as Al-Ahly, which in English means The National, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Ahly_SC
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Claim 2: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remains an important member of the League of Arab States (LAS)”
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Wikipedia confirms the Arab League has 22 member states (of which UAE is historically one) and TASS reports the UAE remains an important member.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy (Open market economy), which also advocates for Islamic economics. Its economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The two nations previously maintained diplomatic missions, but the United Arab Emirates closed its embassy in Tehran on March 1, 2026, following a series of Iranian missile and drone strikes on Emirat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_Arab_Emirates_rela…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates (UAE), also known simply as the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy made up…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
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Claim 3: “TASS is the official media partner of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum event”
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The TASS article explicitly states it is the official media partner, but other search results regarding the KazanForum do not independently confirm TASS's specific status as the 'official media partner'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia hosted a meeting of Islamic media outlets during a forum in Kazan, Tatarstan.The parties signed a memorandum of cooperation after the event. The partner of the session was the Russia – Islamic …
https://www.rt.com/about-us/press-releases/economic-kazanfor…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum" is the main platform for economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the countries of the Islamic world. Forum in figures for 2025. 8440 Participants o…
https://kazanforum.ru/en/
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web search NEUTRAL — "They are a member of the Arab League; it is a respected country that plays a role in the development of the community," Shiltagh emphasized.TASS is the official media partner of the Russia-Islamic Wo…
https://tass.com/world/2131099
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Claim 4: “LAS Ambassador to Moscow Walid Hamed Shiltagh told TASS on the sidelines of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum event”
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The claim is mentioned in the TASS article, but no other independent evidence or search results confirm Walid Hamed Shiltagh's specific role as LAS Ambassador to Moscow.
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Claim 5: “following its withdrawal from OPEC”
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Two independent news sources (Al Jazeera and Flipboard) report that the UAE has decided to quit/withdraw from OPEC.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a federal presidential elective semi-constitutional monarchy (a federation of absolute monarchies). The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Arab_Em…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have close relations and are allies in foreign policy, geopolitics, economic affairs, and military cooperation. However, the two have faced tensions due…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia–United_Arab_Emira…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC OH-pek) is an intergovernmental cartel enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectiv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC
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