UAE Says Pact Not About Confronting Iran, Rejects Erdogan Threat
The city hall in Tel Aviv lit up in the colours of the United Arab Emirates national flag on Aug. 13.
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The United Arab Emirates said its decision to normalize ties with Israel isn’t about countering Iran, and dismissed criticism of the pact from Turkey’s leader.
“This is not about Iran. This is about the UAE, Israel and the United States,” Anwar Gargash, UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, said in a phone interview. “This is in no way meant to create some sort of grouping against Iran.”