Iran appoints new ambassador to UAE after eight years

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Iran appoints new ambassador to UAE after eight years

TEHRAN – Iran has appointed a new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates eight years after Tehran’s ambassador to the Arab country returned home.

Iranian media reported that the newly-appointed ambassador is Reza Ameri, who also served as Iran’s envoy to Algeria, Sudan, and Eritrea.

Last year, following the agreement between Iran and the UAE, the two countries decided to once again upgrade their diplomatic relations to the level of ambassadors. Saif Mohammad al-Zaabi, the UAE ambassador to Iran, returned to Tehran last year.

Mohammad Reza Fayaz was Iran’s last ambassador to the UAE who returned to Iran in 2016. Since then, Hossein Heidari has been serving as Iran’s chargé d'affaires in the UAE.

The UAE downgraded its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2016 in solidarity with Saudi Arabia which severed its relations with Iran in the same year.

Iran’s relations with its southern Arab neighbors have been rapidly improving since March 10, when Iran and Saudi Arabia signed a Chinese-brokered deal to restore their diplomatic ties.

Recently, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, paid a visit to the UAE, where he met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed, UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed, and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed.

In his meeting with Sheikh Tahnoun, Shamkhani called for goodwill to resolve “family differences” and emphasized that in order to address the current challenges, which do not advantage any regional party, cooperation must replace hostilities.

The top Iranian security official reaffirmed Tehran’s unwavering foreign policy stance, which favors collective, enduring, and productive cooperation with neighbors, saying that cooperation and convergence must replace hostility and divergence in order to find a solution to the region’s troubles.

Shamkhani highlighted the need to resolve family conflicts via conversation, goodwill, and compromise so that all nations might work together to build a strong and prosperous region.

He compared regional governments to members of a large family who share a common fate.

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Iran, UAE Agree on Enhancing Trade Cooperation​

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed shared views on broadening mutual cooperation, specially in trade and economic fields.

On his first trip to the UAE, Amir Abdollahian held talks with Sheikh Mohammed on Thursday.

In the meeting, various issues of bilateral relations in political, economic, commercial, cultural and consular spheres were discussed.
The two sides expressed satisfaction with the development of relations between the two countries.

They shared views on coordination, planning and joint action to promote bilateral cooperation, especially in the commercial and economic fields.

The two sides also agreed to employ initiatives to strengthen regional cooperation within the framework of the mutual interests of the countries and nations in the region.

In the meeting, some other regional and international issues were also discussed.

The Iranian top diplomat conveyed the invitation of the President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi to the UAE president to visit Iran.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, for his part, expressed his gratitude and welcomed the invitation.

He reciprocally conveyed his invitation to the Iranian President to visit the UAE.

Iran's president has repeatedly stressed that his administration’s foreign policy builds on forging balanced relations with all the world countries.

Iranian officials have underlined that the US has been defeated in the maximum pressure policy against Tehran, underscoring that the policy of isolating Iran has ended up in failure. They say Washington's sanctions and threats have all failed to cease Tehran's progress.

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