The UAE: Our international relations are a sovereign matter and we do not accept threats or interference.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the Iranian statements, stressing its categorical rejection of any claims or threats that affect the sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates, its national security, or its independent decision-making.

The ministry stressed in a statement that the state’s international and defense relations and partnerships are a purely sovereign matter, and no party has the right to use them as a pretext for threats, interference, or incitement.

She stressed that any speech that includes a direct or indirect threat to the security of the state, its civilian and vital facilities, or its citizens, residents and visitors on its territory is considered unacceptable behavior and is contrary to the principles of good neighborliness, the rules of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.

The ministry explained that the UAE retains all its sovereign, legal, diplomatic and military rights in the face of any threat, claim or hostile act, stressing that attempts to exert pressure, level accusations or promote biased claims will not deter it from protecting its supreme national interests and preserving its sovereignty and independence of decision.