The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said, "His country does not agree with the foreign policy of Turkey and Iran, but it does not seek confrontation with either country."
In a speech at the annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Forum, Gargash added that putting an end to diplomatic disputes will also facilitate the achievement of a peaceful solution to disputes in the region.
The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs described the behavior of Ankara and Tehran as "destabilizing," as he put it.
Commenting on terrorist attacks launched by extremists in both France and Austria during the past two weeks, Gargash emphasized the need to distinguish between political Islam and Islam as a universal religion.
He explained that these transnational extremist ideological movements do not represent Islam in any way, but rather they pose a threat to all open and tolerant societies.
Regarding the Emirati-Israeli normalization agreement, Gargash praised the US approval by its Republican and Democratic parties of the Abraham agreement, which was brokered by the Donald Trump administration, saying that "the Emirati-American relationship goes beyond parties and transcends administrations."
Regarding his country's position on the Palestinian issue, the Emirati minister said, "The normalization agreement does not in any way reduce our concern about the plight of the Palestinian people."
Gargash added that Abu Dhabi has repeatedly said that the status quo regarding the Palestinian issue must change, and that the normalization of relations with Israel will provide Palestine with a greater political voice regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"The UAE is ready to support the Palestinian cause in any way it can ... In fact, we may be in a better position to do so now that we have formal relations with Israel," he said.
On August 13, the UAE and Israel reached an agreement to normalize relations between them, which was signed on September 15 in Washington.
The agreement was widely condemned, and the Palestinian leadership and factions considered it a "betrayal" by the UAE and a stab in the back of the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian leadership rejects any normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab countries before ending the Israeli occupation of the occupied territories in 1967.