The United Arab Emirates has signed the Pax Silica Declaration, becoming the ninth country to join this economic security coalition. The signing took place with Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg and UAE Minister of State Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri.
According to a statement, "The UAE’s leadership in energy, investment, and technological innovation make it an indispensable partner in this coalition. Its commitment to building a world class, secure AI ecosystem demonstrates a clear vision for harnessing technology to drive economic diversification and opportunity."
Both countries confirmed their intention to develop partnerships that focus on supply chain security, reduce coercive dependencies and single points of failure, and support trusted technology ecosystems. Planned areas for cooperation include connectivity infrastructure such as 6G networks, data centers, advanced manufacturing, logistics, mineral refining and processing, and energy.
Pax Silica is described as an economic security coalition designed for the artificial intelligence era. It brings together nations around shared interests in compute power, silicon production, minerals access, and energy resources. This marks the first time countries have organized around these assets as strategic priorities.
With the UAE's accession, current signatories now include Australia, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Qatar, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States—and India is expected to join next month.
"Pax Silica is a positive-sum partnership of nations that want to remain competitive and prosperous," according to the statement.
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