DUBAI: The UAE on Friday ruled out dialogue with Iran, saying interferenceby Tehran and Turkey is destablising the region.
“It is unlikely we will have a dialogue with Iran in light of themsupplying missiles to Al Houthis (in Yemen) to launch attacks on SaudiArabia,” Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said.
Dr Gargash made these remarks during a discussion on ‘Middle East inTurmoil: Achieving Lasting Stability’ at the annual Globsec forum inBratislava.
Tehran is much weaker than in 2014 and 2015 because of the economicproblems, following the reinstatement of US sanctions, Dr Gargash said.
He said Iran has a record of using deception in its quest to build anuclear bomb.
Dr Gargash stressed the need to stop Turkish and Iranian meddling in theregion and to strengthen the Arab unity. “There is a Turkish-ledorganisation funded by Qatar, which is the Muslim Brotherhood, an alliancecontrolled by Iran, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, Hezbollah and Iraqigroups,” the minister said.
There is a need to strengthen the regional alliance, he said, referring toSaudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain and Egypt, expressing his wish to include therest of the Arab neighbours, Dr Gargash said.