GCC security indivisible: UAE

On behalf of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the 19th GCC Consultative Summit in Jeddah, held on Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The summit reviewed regional developments and the serious repercussions of the Iranian missile attacks targeting civilians, facilities, and civilian infrastructure in a number of brotherly Gulf and Arab countries, and their impact on regional stability, peace and security.

Their Majesties and Highnesses participating in the meeting strongly condemned and denounced the Iranian attacks, describing them as a blatant violation of national sovereignty and a clear breach of international law and the United Nations Charter.

They also affirmed the right of all targeted countries to respond to these attacks in a manner that ensures the protection of their sovereignty, national security, territorial integrity, and the safety of their citizens, residents and visitors.

Sheikh Abdullah expressed his appreciation to the participating leaders for their fraternal stance in support of the UAE following the Iranian terrorist aggression.

He stressed that the current phase requires the highest levels of coordination and integration to address regional challenges and confront all forms of extremism and terrorism, in a way that safeguards the security and stability of GCC states and their peoples.

Sheikh Abdullah underlined that the security of GCC countries is indivisible, and that any threat to the sovereignty of any member state constitutes a direct threat to the security of the entire Gulf system.

He reaffirmed the UAE’s full solidarity with the fraternal GCC countries and its support for all measures they take to preserve their security and stability, ensure the safety of citizens and residents, and protect national achievements.

He also highlighted the UAE’s firm commitment to supporting the GCC’s path and strengthening its pivotal role in promoting security, stability and sustainable development in the region, underscoring the importance of advancing efforts to achieve lasting peace and support development pathways for the benefit of its peoples.

Earlier in the day, Sheikh Abdullah arrived in Jeddah, where he was received at the airport by Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Meanwhile, efforts to end the Iran conflict were at an impasse on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump unhappy at the latest plans from Tehran, which he said had ‌informed the US it was in a “state of collapse” and figuring out its leadership situation. Iran’s most recent proposal on resolving the two-month war would set aside discussion of its nuclear ​programme until the conflict was concluded ⁠and disputes over shipping resolved.

Trump wants nuclear issues dealt with from the outset, a US official briefed on Trump’s Monday meeting with ‌his advisers said. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday ‌Trump said: “Iran has just informed us that they are in a ‘State of Collapse’. They want us to ‘Open the Hormuz Strait,’ as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!). Thank you for your attention to this matter!”.

It was not clear from his post how Iran might have communicated that message and there was no immediate response from Tehran to ‌Trump’s latest comments.

Earlier, an Iranian army spokesperson told state media that the Islamic Republic did not consider the war to be over.

Agencies