Iran to UAE: Adhere to principles of good neighborliness, instead of repeating unfounded claims

Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi has categorically rejected statements made by the United Arab Emirates at the United Nations General Assembly regarding three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.

Iran to UAE: Adhere to principles of good neighborliness, instead of repeating unfounded claims
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In a message posted on his X account on Tuesday, Gharibabadi, calling the UAE statements baseless, said repeating claims, even from the podium of the UN “does not alter the reality” that Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb remain “inseparable parts of Iranian territory”.

Reaffirming that the three islands are inseparable part of Iranian territory, he called on Emirati officials to adhere to the requirements of good neighborliness and the historical and legal realities of the region, instead of repeating unfounded claims.

The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, during his address to the 81st UNGA session, once again raised his country's claims regarding the Iranian islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa.

A representative of the Iranian Mission at the UN quickly rejected the claim, saying Iran's sovereignty over the three islands is not negotiable as they have always been, are, and will remain inseparable part of Iranian territory.

 

Source: IRNA
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