United Arabic Emirates Sheikh Abdullah condemns Iran President's visit to UAE island 'in strongest possible terms'.(GN).Abu Dhabi Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan UAE Foreign Minister Wednesday condemned in the strongest possible terms a visit made by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UAE island of Abu Mousa. Abu Mousa has been occupied by Iran since 1971. Shaikh Abdullah blasted the visit as a ''flagrant violation'' of the UAE's sovereignty over its territories and a ''setback'' to all efforts and attempts by the UAE to find a peaceful settlement to Iran's occupation of the three UAE islands: Greater and Lesser Tunbs, and Abu Mousa, either through direct negotiations or resort to the International Court of Justice ''This visit will not change the legal status of these islands which are part and parcel of the UAE national soil, '' Shaikh Abdullah emphasised. He asserted that the visit and the provocative rhetoric of the Iranian president exposed Iran's false allegations regarding its keenness to establish good neighbourly relations and friendship with the UAE and countries of the region. The UAE foreign minister denounced the timing of the visit, saying it came at a time when the two countries agreed to exert more joint efforts to reach a solution to the issue. It was also a time the UAE had committed to what both countries had agreed out of desire to create a conducive environment for reaching a solution that enhances stability in the region. The visit, he said, was a gross breach of this agreement. Shaikh Abdullah called on Iran to take measures and stances that strengthened confidence between countries and peoples of the region and to refrain from such provocative measures which muddied relations between the two countries and depressed efforts designed to find a fair solution to the issue of the three occupied islands.Read the full story here.More here.
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