Qatar- UAE Downgrades Diplomatic Representation with Iran

1/5/2016 1:28:18 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Abu Dhabi January 04 (QNA) - The UAE has decided to downgrade the level of its diplomatic representation in the Islamic Republic of Iran to that of a Charge D' affaires and to require a reduction in the number of Iranian diplomats stationed in the UAE.
According to UAE news agency (WAM) Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the UAE Ambassador in Tehran Saif Al Zaabi has been summoned home in accordance with this decision.
''This exceptional step has been taken in the light of Iran's continuous interference in the internal affairs of Gulf and Arab states which has reached unprecedented levels'' the statement said.
The statement emphasized that positive and natural relations between states should be based on mutual respect for the sovereignty of states and the adoption of a policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of others. (QNA)

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