Overview
- The UAE signed the Pax Silica declaration in Abu Dhabi, with U.S. Under Secretary Jacob Helberg and Minister Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri formalizing the accession.
- Partners committed to pursue multilayered cooperation and to explore flagship projects across connectivity including 6G, compute and data centers, advanced manufacturing, logistics, mineral refining and processing, and energy.
- The membership now counts nine economies, with partners including Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
- The U.S. State Department said India will join as a signatory next month.
- U.S. officials describe Pax Silica as a first-of-its-kind economic‑security coalition organized around compute, silicon, minerals and energy, and Helberg said the framework helps bring Israel and Qatar under one umbrella.