Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that Tehran regretted the UAE’s “misuse” of the presence of visiting diplomatic delegations to advance territorial claims against Iran.
He condemned renewed references to the Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb in a statement issued at the end of a visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Abu Dhabi.
Baqaei said any claim over the three islands clearly contradicts the principles of respect for territorial integrity and good neighborly relations.
IRNA