Re: AMG Roundtable ‘Youser Al Otaba Looks ine. Go shea, From: Richard Mintz Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:41 AM Tot ‘Alsaghira Al Anbabi'; Yousef Al Otaiba’ Ce: Matthew Triaca; Matthew Schubert; Richard Mintz; Omar Al Shamsi ‘Subject: RE: AMG Roundtable Amb, ‘See below for invite and list for AMG briefing on Fri. We plan to send at noon today. Let us know if you have any changes. ich [emailed from Dr. Saghira] would like to invite you to an off the record briefing with Dr. Anwar Gargash, UAE State Minister of Foreign Affairs this Friday, March 24 at 11:00 a.m. at the UAE Embassy. The briefing will focus on recent regional developments including Yemen, Iran, the fight against AQAP and Daeesh. Please confirm your attendance by responding via email to salahbabi@uacembassy-usa.org. Here's a proposed list of invitees: Michael Knights, WINEP Eric Trager, WINEP Fred Kagan, AEI Katherine Zimmerman, AEI Michael Rubin, AEI Elisa Catalano, CNAS llan Goldenberg, CNAS Brian Katulis, CAP Jon Alterman, CSIS Yara Bayoumy, Reuters Nafessa Saeed, Bloomberg Missy Ryan, Washington Post Mark Mazzetti, NYT RichFrom: Alsaghira Al Ahbabi Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 12:33 PM. : “aalneyadi@scns.ac" Ce: Alsaghira Al Ahbabi Subject: CAP CNAS AEI Delegation Trip to UAE May 6-9, 2017 Dear Ali, Greetings from the Embassy of UAE in Washington. Kindly find attached a letter from HE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba informing His Highness’s office of an upcoming delegation visit to the UAE from Saturday, May 6th - Tuesday May 9th, 2017. The delegation will be led by Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at CAP, and Ilan Goldenberg, the director of the Middle East Security Program at CNAS. It will be comprised of experts from leading US think tanks, including the Center for American Progress (CAP), the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Many of these experts have served in senior US government positions, and continue to inform policymakers. While in the UAE, the delegation would like to meet with senior government officials and other leaders in order to more closely examine the UAE-US security partnership. The goal of the trip is to educate these influential policy analysts on the UAE's policies regarding key regional issues, and underscore the close military cooperation between the two countries. Following protocol, please note that the official meeting request has been sent to the Protocol Office at MOFAIC and I wanted to inform you ahead of time. Kindly let us know if His. Highness can meet with the delegation either on Sunday May 7" or Monday May 8". If the proposed time is not suitable, we will definitely work around his schedule, Attached for your reference is the meeting request correspondence from the Ambassador, as well as, a brief overview of the delegation along with biographies of the participants. Many thanks for your appreciated assistance. Best regards, Saghira Dr. Saghira Alahbabi Head - Political Affairs Department Embassy of the United Arab Emirates 3522 International CT N.W. Washington, DC 20008 W: 202.243.2467 a a Delgo tedese 20:78 ioe pat 207M patFrom: Alsaghira Al Anbabi Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2017 4:47 PM To: Yousef Al Otaiba Subject: CAP CNAS AEI Delegation Regarding the meeting with HH Sheikh Tahnoon, we have availability in the schedule on Sunday May 7 between 1:30 — 3:00pm Or on Tuesday May 9" between 11:00am-1:00pm. ‘Alsaghira Al Ahbabi ssa Te Youse AOte esos OD Regarding the meeting with HH Sheikh Tahnoon, we have availability in the schedule on Sunday May 7" between 1:30 — 3:00pm Or on Tuesday May 9" between 11:00am-1:00pm. As for the meeting with HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon, it’s been confirmed for Monday May 8" at 9:30am.Re: CAP CNAS AE! Delegation UAE Trip May 6-8 lsaghira alahbabi wrens @ ‘Apologies for the delay as | ust noticed that the email sent you was via my yahoo account (| forgot to specify the account ) ‘CPC protocol called me for the meeting with HH MBZ and I'm in contact with our desk officer at MOFA to coordinate the meeting with HH ABZ. ‘As for the meeting with Hindmarsh, Brig Alawadhi called and informed me to coordinate with Brig Hamad ‘Aighafl for the meeting. ‘Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone. On Saturday, May 6, 2017, 1:07 PM, Yousef Al Otalba wrote 1. MBZ will see them briefly during the barza on monday afternoon. 2. ABZ will see them but they will come back to you with final time and place 3. Gen. Ismail is working on arranging a meeting with Gen. Eisa instead of Gen. Hindmarsh