Iran-UAE committee to meet in Abu Dhabi

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan will head the second joint committee meeting tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Amir Abdollahian said yesterday.

Abdollahian told Iran’s IRNA news agency that experts from the joint committee will meet today to draft agreements between the two sides with the participation of experts from the private and public sectors and Chambers of Commerce in Tehran and Abu Dhabi.

He said the foreign ministers will sign the agreements during the joint committee meeting pointing out that the Iranian agencies are ready to participate. Senior Iranian and UAE officials will attend the meeting to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues, he explained.

Iran and the UAE are in dispute over the ownership of three Gulf islands Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb.