Iran's objection does not change facts: Gargash

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Irans objection does not change facts: Gargash

Abu Dhabi - "We affirm that my country will never give up its sovereign right over these islands," Shaikh Abdullah said at the UN recently.

By WAM

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Published: Mon 26 Sep 2016, 1:32 PM

Last updated: Tue 27 Sep 2016, 9:16 AM

The Iranian objection to the speech delivered recently by Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), does not change any facts, Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has stressed.

"The Shah's regime occupied the three UAE islands and this occupation continues to date. There is consensus between all states of this region that Iran's regional policy is one of the key causes of instability in the Arab world where Tehran is alone in believing otherwise," Gargash said in tweets he posted on his Twitter account.

"The routine and unconvincing denial of these facts by the spokespersons of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has become something monstrous because Iran's neighbours are suffering now from its interference. Acknowledging this would constitute half of the solution," he added.

In his speech at the UN, Shaikh Abdullah had said: "The crises of our region should not distract us from our core national issue which is the sovereignty of the UAE over its three islands: Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, which are occupied by Iran against the provisions of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. My country has called, and continues to call on, our neighbour Iran, to return the occupied islands to their rightful owners either voluntarily or through peaceful means, particularly through international justice or arbitration, in order to maintain friendly relations and good neighborliness in the Arabian Gulf region. We also affirm that my country will never give up its sovereign right over these islands, and this approach emphasizes the UAE's insistence on the principles of international law."

Read the complete speech here


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