The UAE denounced on Monday Iran's missile programme, an issue Arab countries plan to address with the UN security council president.
Dr Anwar Gargash, UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, on Monday tweeted that the Arab League took an important step on Sunday by condemning Tehran’s destabilising actions in the Middle East.
“Iran’s missile programme with its offensive nature emerging as a disruptive tool undermining the region’s instability. Repeated targeting of Saudi civilian facilities attest to this,” he said.
“Furthermore, Iran’s proxy, Hizbollah, is playing an outsize role in undermining regional stability. Hizbollah actions and rhetoric are a major source of instability in the Arab world.”
Iran’s missile program with its offensive nature emerging as disruptive tool undermining the region’s instability. Repeated targeting of Saudi civilian facilities attest to this.
— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) November 20, 2017
Furthermore, Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, playing an outsize role in undermining regional stability. Hezbollah actions & rhetoric a major source of instability in the Arab world.
— د. أنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) November 20, 2017
Dr Gargash’s statements follow remarks made by foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain that Iran is intervening in the affairs of Arab countries.
The Arab League meeting comes after a missile was intercepted near Riyadh's international airport on November 4 claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Meanwhile, Bahrain said that Iran was behind the oil pipeline explosion this month.
Riyadh and Tehran have for decades stood on opposing sides of conflicts in the Middle East, including in Yemen and Syria — where Iran-backed Hizbollah militiamen are fighting alongside forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Al Assad.
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