Wednesday saw an Obama administration official confirming that if the Middle East nation were to violate any terms of the deal, then the U. S. would cancel a nuclear energy agreement with the United Arab Emirates.

Lawmakers were tried to be convinced by Ellen Tauscher, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, who said that pact has been created to preserve sensitive technology from flowing to Iran or allowing the UAE to develop atomic weapons.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee was told by Tauscher, "We have set a very high bar."

In the month of May, the plans were approved by the administration with the aim to aid the first Arab country with a civilian nuclear power industry that would fuel its growing demand for electricity.

The deal is being promoted by the U. S. as a counterweight to search of Iran of atomic weapons and a model for others in the Middle East to follow.

It should be noted that UAE should import fuel for its nuclear reactors and not produce, under the pact. Furthermore, it has also taken the responsibly to not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent nuclear fuel for plutonium, which is used in nuclear bombs.

The agreement, which will create the legal framework for the U. S. to transfer nuclear equipment, reactors and materiel for civil nuclear research to the UAE, will run for 30 years. The departing Bush administration, which left the final decision to President Barack Obama, signed the pact in January.