Gargash: deal with Israel is not about Iran, dismisses Erdogan’s criticismDUBAI: The UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs said normalizing relations with Israel is not related to Iran and dismissed Erdogan’s criticism, Al-Arabiya reported. This is about the UAE, Israel and the United States… This is in no way meant to create some sort of grouping against Iran,” Anwar Gargash said in an interview. Although President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have tried to frame the trilateral agreement as part of their efforts to isolate and confront Iran, Gargash said the UAE is not looking to provoke their neighbor. “We have a very complicated relationship with Iran… While we have our concerns, we feel also that resolving these issues should be through diplomacy and de-escalation,” Gargash said. And I ask myself whether this is a principled position or not,” he said.

Source: Ethiopian News August 15, 2020 11:37 UTC