Iran’s foreign minister makes rare visit to UAE to pay respects

Iranian Overseas Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is seen throughout a information convention in Beirut, Lebanon, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photograph

DUBAI, Could 16 (Reuters) – Iran’s high diplomat has travelled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)on Monday to pay his respects after the dying of President Khalifa bin Zayed, Iranian state media reported, whereas Tehran welcomed the appointment of the Gulf state’s new ruler.

The journey by Hossein Amirabdollahian is the best degree go to by an Iranian official to the Gulf nation since Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi motion launched a lethal strike on the UAE in January.

Whereas oblique talks between arch-foes Tehran and Washington to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled since March, Amirabdollahian’s journey coincides with the go to of a high-ranking U.S. delegation, headed by Vice President Kamala Harris, to Abu Dhabi to additionally provide condolences on the dying of President Khalifa bin Zayed final week. learn extra

In 2019, the UAE began participating with Iran following assaults on tankers off Gulf waters and on Saudi vitality infrastructure.

Iran’s deputy Overseas Minister Ali Bagheri Kani visited the UAE in November, when he stated the 2 nations had agreed to open a brand new chapter in bilateral relations.

UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president by the nation’s federal supreme council on Saturday, led a realignment of the Center East that created a brand new anti-Iran axis with Israel and fought a rising tide of political Islam within the area.

Writing by Parisa Hafezi modifying by Philippa Fletcher, Ed Osmond, William Maclean

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