UAE cannot buy security through normalizing ties with Israel: Iran FM

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Publish Date: 9:37 - 25 August 2020
Tuesday, 25 August 2020_Iran’s foreign minister says despite what the rulers of the United Arab Emirates think, their country cannot become more secure through a recent deal concluded between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv for the normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel.

UAE cannot buy security through normalizing ties with Israel: Iran FMMohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a speech delivered at the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran on Monday, the fifth and final part of a five-part course in international relations entitled, “World in Transition,” which is being offered by Iran’s top diplomat.

“The United Arab Emirates has turned to Israel to buy security, while Israel is unable to keep even itself secure,” Iran’s top diplomat said.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates on August 13 reached a deal that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two sides, in an agreement apparently brokered by US President Donald Trump.

Under the agreement, Israel has allegedly agreed to "temporarily" suspend applying its own rule to further areas in the occupied West Bank and the strategic Jordan Valley that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had pledged to annex.

Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a speech delivered at the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran on Monday, the fifth and final part of a five-part course in international relations entitled, “World in Transition,” which is being offered by Iran’s top diplomat.

“The United Arab Emirates has turned to Israel to buy security, while Israel is unable to keep even itself secure,” Iran’s top diplomat said.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates on August 13 reached a deal that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two sides, in an agreement apparently brokered by US President Donald Trump.

Under the agreement, Israel has allegedly agreed to "temporarily" suspend applying its own rule to further areas in the occupied West Bank and the strategic Jordan Valley that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had pledged to annex.

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