The UAE will return the country’s ambassador to Iran. In recent years there has been no Emirati ambassador in Tehran due to the crisis between the Gulf countries and Iran. Last week, Kuwait also returned its ambassador to Tehran
The official Emirates News Agency reports that the United Arab Emirates will return the country’s ambassador to Iran, after in recent years there was no Emirati ambassador in Tehran due to the crisis between the Gulf countries and Iran. Last week, Kuwait also returned its ambassador to Tehran.
The news agency also reported that the decision to recall the ambassador was made after a telephone conversation that took place at the end of last month between the Emirati Foreign Minister and his Iranian counterpart, and that the Emirati Foreign Ministry stated that the ambassador’s return “will push forward relations, which will lead to the fulfillment of the common interests of the two countries and the region.”
It was also reported that the ambassador, the ambassador will begin his work in Tehran in the coming days, Ambassador Saif Mohammad al-Zabi, will return to his post after six years of a break in diplomatic relations. The United Arab Emirates has not had an ambassador in Iran since 2016, following the hacking of the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
The return of the Emirati ambassador to Tehran comes as part of the rapprochement efforts between the United Arab Emirates and Iran in recent months, after years of tensions surrounding Iranian involvement in the civil war in Yemen.