Base on reports, the United Arab Emirates has summoned Iran’s ambassador to Abu Dhabi to denounce a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a disputed island in the Persian Gulf on Monday.
Anwar Qarqash, The UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, announced this news by saying: “We have summoned the Iranian ambassador and gave him a letter of protest and denouncing the recent visit of Ahmadinejad to Abu Musa.” Qarqash called the visit a “violation of UAE sovereignty.”
Previously, UAE officials condemned the visit by the strongest terms. You can check the full story here as we have covered this subject before. Also Emirates canceled the friendly football match against Iran national team in a result of this trip.
