The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, said yesterday that "the UAE stands with initiatives that preserve the security of the region and avoid the specter of confrontation." A source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed satisfaction with the results of the meeting between the border guards and coasts between the UAE and Iran, In Bahrain to secure navigation in the Arabian Gulf.

"International initiatives on the security of navigation around the Strait of Hormuz, an explicit reference by the international community to the centrality of the security of navigation and energy in our region to the world, stand in line with the initiatives that preserve the security of the region and avoid the specter of confrontation," Gargash said in a tweet on his official Twitter account. , And we know that stability is its diplomatic tools and respect for sovereignty and non-interference ».

"I do not worry about the strategic relationship that brings us together in sisterly Saudi Arabia, I know how it takes root every day at all levels, and what saddens me is Qatar's consolidation of its isolation and deepening of its crisis," Gargash wrote later on about UAE-Saudi relations and Qatar's reckless policy in the region. Through stray media policies run by money and mercenaries and distanced from the Qatari citizen and suffer from them ».

"The Saudi-Emirati ranks from Yemen, Iran or others are impossible, and the country's maddening media does not realize that our alliance is strengthened through sacrifice and deepening through coordination, dialogue and honesty, and through the Saudis' defense of their partnership with the UAE. And deepen the plight ».

"Foreign visitors ask me when we will see a breakthrough in the Qatar crisis that will restore its balance and bring it back to its surroundings," he concluded. And I find them convinced of the response, and that the achievement of two contradictory goals impossible, seek to reconcile your surroundings and continue through your media and your owner and your mercenary to insult Saudi Arabia and its brothers unjustly day and night.

A source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed his satisfaction with the results of the 6th International Joint Meeting of Border and Coast Guard Teams between the UAE and Iran held in Tehran yesterday.

Director of International Security Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Salem Mohammed Al-Zaabi said that the meeting is a continuation of the previous periodic meetings of the Joint Committee of the two countries, which was set up to discuss the issues of fishermen crossing the maritime borders of the two countries and solve the issues of releasing violators of fishing rules, And comes in the context of the UAE's keenness on the affairs of its citizens, including fishermen.

He expressed his satisfaction with the results of the meeting, which, according to the agenda, was confined to the affairs of the fishermen and the means of fishing owned by them, stressing the importance of these meetings in light of the practical needs concerning the maritime border between the two countries.

This comes at a time hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain, yesterday, an international military meeting to discuss the response to Iranian practices, which threaten maritime navigation in the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.

"The Kingdom is hosting an important international military meeting, which will discuss the current situation in the region and means of enhancing international cooperation, coordination and consultation to counter the repeated attacks and reprisals carried out by Iran and its terrorist groups aimed at the security of international maritime navigation," the Bahraini foreign ministry said in a statement. Gulf waters and the Strait of Hormuz, and threaten the stability of the region and the world as a whole ».

Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa said: "The hosting of this meeting is a confirmation of the long-standing role played by the Kingdom of Bahrain and is keen to continue and strengthen it through joint action, cooperation with brothers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, To secure trade and energy corridors, free international navigation and enhance security and stability in this vital and strategic region of the world. "

The Foreign Minister stressed that the current phase, with its challenges and threats to the security of the region, requires the need for all regional and international efforts to be united and for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities to deter all threats to international peace and security.

Washington has invited more than 60 countries to participate in the protection of maritime security, according to a spokesman for the State Department.

A spokesman for the State Department said yesterday that Washington has invited more than 60 countries to participate in the protection of maritime security.

"We will leave it to our allies and partners to announce their participation in the Maritime Security Protection Initiative."

Britain also invited military representatives from the United States, France and other European countries to a meeting in Bahrain in an attempt to form an international mission to secure maritime transport across the Strait of Hormuz.

British sources told the Guardian newspaper that the London proposal focused on forming a European-led mission to prevent Iran from holding other carriers in the future, noting that the proposal still exists despite Jeremy Hunt's resignation as foreign minister to Boris Johnson's government.

The Guardian said Britain hoped to serve as a bridge between the United States, which has the largest military presence of a Western country in the region, and countries, such as Germany, unwilling to participate in any task led by Washington.

Although the ship, Her Majesty Montrose, of the Royal Navy, was in the region to try to protect British shipping, an hour's distance from the tanker seized by Iran, London sent a second ship, Her Majesty Duncan, to the Royal Navy. The Gulf, to work alongside Montrose to support the passage of merchant ships safely across the Strait of Hormuz, in an attempt to cover an area of ​​19 thousand nautical miles.

Earlier, the United States stepped up diplomatic pressure on Germany to send warships to the Gulf, while there was a difference between Western allies on how to respond to Tehran.

The newspaper "Telegraph" British that Germany is reluctant so far to contribute to any naval mission in the Middle East.

France has refused to join any US mission for fear that it will be involved in US President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran. Britain is stuck in the middle, calling for an EU-led initiative but saying it will need US military support to succeed.

The Telegraph said that Germany was not affected by American pressure and refused to commit to the delivery of maritime aid, and a German official said the government had been informed of the matter, without promising any contributions.

Newsweek reported that the United States has officially asked Germany to join Britain and France in the naval alliance, which aims to secure strategic waters near the Gulf, amid escalating tensions with Iran, which recently signed a close military cooperation agreement with Russia.

On the other hand, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Jawad Zarif, announced his country's readiness to sit at the negotiating table with the neighboring countries of the Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia.

"We are always ready to talk to our neighbors if they are prepared for this," he said, on the sidelines of a meeting of the Iranian government in Tehran.

Zarif pointed out that Iran has no shame in negotiating the issues previously agreed upon, calling on US officials to respond to numerous requests for Iranian press interviews.

Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said yesterday that the armed forces are conducting their missile tests on a regular basis. "Russia is a friend of ours, but nothing has been decided so far," Khatami said, commenting on news of joint exercises with Russia.

On the sidelines of the same meeting, the minister said, according to the Fars news agency, that research programs for the armed forces are being developed and implemented every year, and that this is "normal throughout the world."

In a related context, quoted «Fars News Agency» on the director of the office of Iranian President Mahmoud Waazi, saying that US President Donald Trump failed in the issues of negotiation and embargo against Iran.

Anwar Gargash:

• "The Saudi-Emiri row, from Yemen, Iran or elsewhere, is impossible."

• "What saddens me is Qatar's consolidation of its isolation and deepening of its crisis through stray media policies."