CHINESE AMBASSADOR SUMMONED BY IRAN OVER GULF ISLANDS

Mon 03 June 2024:

Iranian state television said on Sunday that Iran’s foreign ministry had summoned the Chinese ambassador to Tehran in protest over a China-UAE statement about Iran’s sovereignty over three Islands that the UAE also claims.

Both nations claim the islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, but Iran has controlled them since 1971, just before the seven Gulf emirates acquired complete independence from Britain and united to establish the UAE.

“Iran’s objection to the Chinese support of baseless claims in a shared UAE-China statement has been expressed to the Chinese ambassador in Tehran,” state media said.

China has been one of Iran’s biggest trading partners for the past decade.

“Iran’s foreign ministry emphasises that the three Islands are an eternal part of the country’s soil and we expect China to mend its position on the issue”, state media added.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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