Al Mansouri optimistic about US-Gulf carriers spat outcome

Progress is underway on the open skies policy spat between the Gulf carriers and the US with a positive outcome expected in the coming months, the UAE Economy minister, Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri, said Wednesday. He said that the two sides held meetings in Washington DC recently and another meeting is expected to take place in the coming months. “We are working together amicably,” Al Mansouri said. “What will determine the whole thing is the open skies policy agreement that we have with them. The UAE did not violate that agreement and this is what we came up together as an agreement between the two sides,” Al Mansouri said. He also said the US is going through elections and they have to wait and see what is going to happen there, and how it will impact the talks. <br/>