Iran Press/Middle East: Speaking during a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday in Moscow, Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan said his country needs “clear and convincing evidence” regarding the recent attacks that targeted four vessels off the UAE coast last month, including two Saudi oil tankers.
"If other nations have more concrete information, I am sure the international community will gladly hear them out. But we have to be very serious and careful. It has to be reliable, scientifically confirmed information which would convince the international community," the United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister added according to RT.
“The region is very turbulent and is very important for the world. We don’t want any escalation. What we want, is stability and cooperation,” he said.
Attacks on two commercial oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on June 13 and an earlier attack on four oil tankers off the UAE’s Fujairah port on May 12 have escalated tensions in the Middle East and raised the prospect of a military confrontation between Iran and the United States.
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