The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced this Sunday that its ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al-Zaabi, would return to Tehran “in the coming days”, more than six years after the Gulf Arab country cut diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic. , Reuters and Agerpres report.
This decision is in line with the UAE’s efforts to strengthen relations with Iran, “to achieve the common interests of the two countries and the entire region,” the UAE Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The UAE cut ties with Iran after Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran cut ties in 2016 after Saudi diplomatic missions were attacked by protesters in Iran following Riyadh’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.
The two warring regional powers, which blame each other for destabilizing the Middle East, nevertheless expressed a desire to overcome their differences and held talks, which they first publicly announced in April 2021.
Source: Hot News RO
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