Iranian foreign minister expected to visit UAE on Monday
May 16, 2022, 10:22 am

Iranian foreign minister expected to visit UAE on Monday

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The Today online reported, citing Reuters, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said that Iran's top diplomat is expected to visit the United Arab Emirates on Monday (May 16). It welcomed the appointment of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan as the Gulf state's president last week.

Saeed Khatibzadeh told a televised weekly news conference: "Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is planning to travel to the UAE today."

Iranian state media said Amirabdollahian had left Tehran to pay respects to the Gulf country's late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed who died on Friday.

Amirabdollahian's visit is the highest level trip by an Iranian official to the Gulf country since Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched a deadly strike on the United Arab Emirates in January.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is seen during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

In 2019, the UAE started engaging with Iran following attacks on tankers off Gulf waters and on Saudi energy infrastructure.

Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani visited the UAE in November, when he said the two countries had agreed to open a new chapter in bilateral relations.

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United Arab Emirates strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president on Saturday, led a realignment of the Middle East that created a new anti-Iran axis with Israel and fought a rising tide of political Islam in the region.

Source: todayonline

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