UAE upgrading ties with Iran, says envoy to return to Tehran within days

DUBAI, 22 August 2022, (TON): The United Arab Emirates said “its ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, would return to Tehran in coming days, more than six years after the Gulf Arab state downgraded ties with the Islamic Republic.”

The foreign ministry said in a statement “the move is in line with UAE efforts to strengthen relations with Iran “to achieve the common interests of the two countries and the wider region.”

The UAE downgraded its ties with Iran after Saudi Arabia severed its own relations with Tehran in January 2016. The move followed the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran by Iranian protesters after Riyadh executed a prominent cleric.

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