UAE- Region''s stability is tied together: paper

10/5/2015 4:08:10 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

ABU DHABI 5th October 2015 (WAM) -- A UAE paper has said that H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foreign Minister has sought to highlight the links between the various threats the Middle East now faces.

In an editorial today the English language daily The National quoted Sheikh Abdullah as saying "Since the Second World War the world has not witnessed such an escalation in brutal and shocking terrorist crimes carried out by extremist organisations most notably Daesh Al Qaeda the Houthi rebels who exploit religion for political purposes."

By drawing together the conflicts spread across Syria Iraq Yemen and Libya the Foreign Minister was explaining that these conflicts are linked and that they cannot be solved piece by piece. He also stressed that these conflicts will not remain in one place saying "The threat ... transcends geographical boundaries and is a risk not only for our region but for all states and communities."

According to the Abu Dhabi-based daily he also singled out Egypt's Al Azhar the premier seat of Sunni Islamic learning and the Sawab Centre the joint UAE-US institution aimed at countering the social media messaging of Daesh for tackling the ideas behind such terrorism.

Sheikh Abdullah explained that the UAE was playing its part in all of these conflicts in different spheres sometimes politically as in Egypt by supporting the political and economic achievements of the government there and sometimes militarily in Yemen. Speaking about that conflict the Foreign Minister reaffirmed the UAE's commitment to the Saudi-led coalition and said the UAE would continue to work with the UN to ease the humanitarian situation.

Sheikh Abdullah also had words to say on older conflicts singling out two long-running occupations in the region the occupation of Palestine which he said "remains at the core of conflict in our region" and the Iranian occupation of the three UAE islands.

The paper concluded by quoting Sheikh Abdullah as reiterating the UAE's call for the issue to be resolved through "serious direct negotiations" or by referring it to the International Court of Justice. It is essential that the world body hears those messages clearly.

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