Iran bashes UAE officials behavior
A top Iranian official says ‘irresponsible’ remarks made by certain authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will harm Tehran-Abu Dhabi relations.
“A central plank of Tehran’s foreign policy is to enhance relations with neighbors and Muslim countries, and to promote unity in the Islamic community”, spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Kazem Jalai told IRNA.
He was talking in response to the UAE Federal National Council Speaker Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair’s inappropriate behavior in a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Executive Committee in Dubai which resulted in the Iranian delegates walking out of the session.
“Certain countries swayed by the US and other Western states promote Iranophobia in the region and across the world. They make undiplomatic remarks out of naivety and profiteering, which has a negative impact on reciprocal ties”, said Jalali.
Iran’s representative to the Dubai meeting added the West seeks peace in the Middle East with the aim of selling military weapons and creating a false competition in the region to advance its own interests.
“The UAE owes the better part of its economic development to Iran and Iranian investors”, Jalali underlined.
Unfortunately, he added, irresponsible behavior and comments by some UAE officials have created ‘a wall of mistrust’ in the court of Iranian public opinion.
