Group condemns reported attack on UAE, seeks diplomatic resolution

Pan-African Business Forum, PABF, has warned that any attack on the United Arab Emirates by a Middle East country is unacceptable.

This condemnation, which came following reports that Iran attacked the United Arab Emirates on Monday, has since been countered, as Iran’s joint military command denied carrying out any attack against the UAE in recent days.

A spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters had said: “Iran’s armed forces have not carried out any missile or drone operations against the United Arab Emirates in recent days, and if any action had been taken, we would have announced it clearly and decisively. The UAE defense ministry’s report is categorically denied and has no validity.”

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Pan African Business Forum, Dr Ladislas Agbesi, in a statement, said if true, such an act would constitute a serious violation of international law and poses a direct threat to regional and global stability.

According to Agbesi, such aggression would be unacceptable and must be firmly rejected by the international community.

The statement said: “We stand in full solidarity with the leadership and people of the United Arab Emirates and affirm its sovereign right to take all necessary and lawful measures to preserve its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.”

The group also cautioned that the United Arab Emirates must not be undermined or targeted for exercising its sovereign strategic choices.

PABF equally appealed to all African nations, leaders, and institutions to take a clear and unified position in condemning what it termed an act of aggression and to stand firmly in defence of sovereignty, peace and international order.

In declaring their unwavering support for the United Arab Emirates, the group stressed the need for Tehran to immediately return to negotiations and to avoid any further escalation.

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