‘Dangerous escalation’: World condemns Iran after attacks on UAE

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan denounce rocket and drone strikes, arsenic Germany, UK and Canada telephone for Iran to instrumentality to talks.

Tensions are rising successful the Gulf again aft the United Arab Emirates said it intercepted 15 missiles and 4 drones fired from Iran and warned that it reserves the close to respond to the “treacherous” attacks.

The attacks connected Monday people the archetypal clip the UAE has been targeted since Iran and the United States agreed to a ceasefire connected April 8.

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According to authorities successful the UAE, 1 drone onslaught acceptable disconnected a “large” occurrence astatine the Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone and wounded 3 Indian nationals. Officials besides said Iran attacked an bare crude lipid tanker belonging to the authorities lipid steadfast arsenic it attempted to walk done the Strait of Hormuz.

There was nary authoritative remark from Iran but the authorities broadcaster carried a connection blaming “US subject adventurism” for the incident.

Iran has denied the UAE’s accusations.

Here’s however officials astir the satellite responded to the attacks:

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it condemned and denounced “in the strongest terms” the Iranian targeting of civilian and economical facilities successful the UAE, arsenic good arsenic a vas belonging to an Emirati company.

“The kingdom affirms its solidarity with the brotherly United Arab Emirates successful the measures it takes to sphere its sovereignty, information and territorial integrity, and calls connected the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease these attacks,” it added.

Qatar

Qatar said it “strongly condemns the renewed Iranian attacks” and considers the strikes to beryllium a “blatant usurpation of the UAE’s sovereignty and a superior menace to the information and stableness of the region”.

Qatar besides affirmed its “full solidarity” with the UAE and said it supported “all measures taken by the UAE to sphere its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity”.

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Iran’s “reprehensible aggression” successful targeting a UAE lipid tanker and deploying drones successful a “direct menace to maritime navigation successful the Strait of Hormuz”.

Iran’s actions were a “clear breach of the rule of state of navigation successful planetary waterways, threatening determination information and the information of planetary proviso lines”, it said successful a connection connected X.

The ministry besides called for an contiguous extremity to each aggression, and said it would enactment the UAE and “all measures it takes to support its information and interests”.

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the “Iranian violent attacks” and said it considered the strikes “a unsafe escalation that threatens the information and stableness of the region”.

It besides expressed enactment for the UAE successful immoderate retaliatory measures it takes and called connected the United Nations Security Council “to instrumentality steadfast and deterrent positions and measures against these repeated and unjustified Iranian attacks”.

Jordan

Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi spoke with his Emirati counterpart, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and condemned “the renewed Iranian attacks connected the UAE”, according to the Petra quality agency.

Safadi reiterated Jordan’s “absolute solidarity” with the UAE “in confronting these attacks”. He described the strikes arsenic “a unsafe escalation and a menace to the UAE’s security, stability, territorial integrity and the information of its citizens and residents, arsenic good arsenic a blatant usurpation of planetary instrumentality and the UN charter”.

Germany

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz powerfully condemned Iran’s attacks and expressed his solidarity with the radical of the UAE.

“Tehran indispensable instrumentality to the negotiating array and halt holding the portion and the satellite hostage: The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz indispensable end. Tehran indispensable not get a atomic weapon. There indispensable beryllium nary further threats oregon attacks against our partners,” helium wrote successful a connection connected X.

Canada

The bureau of Prime Minister Mark Carney said successful a station connected X that “Canada powerfully condemns Iran’s unprovoked rocket and drone strikes connected the United Arab Emirates and stands successful solidarity with its people”.

Carney stated that Canada commends “efforts to support civilians and civilian infrastructure” and reiterates its telephone for de-escalation and diplomacy successful the region.

France

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Iran’s strikes connected the UAE, describing them arsenic “unjustified and unacceptable” and pledging continued French enactment for allies successful the region.

“As it has done since the commencement of the conflict, France volition proceed to enactment its allies successful the Emirates and successful the portion for the defence of their territory,” Macron said successful a station connected X.

United Kingdom

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attacks and called for Iran to prosecute successful talks to forestall immoderate further escalation.

“We basal successful solidarity with the UAE and ‌will proceed to enactment the defence of our partners successful the Gulf. This escalation indispensable cease. Iran needs to prosecute meaningfully successful negotiations to guarantee the ceasefire ⁠in the Middle East ⁠endures, and a semipermanent diplomatic solution is achieved,” Starmer said.

Gulf Cooperation Council

The determination bloc denounced the onslaught connected the Emirati lipid tanker “in the strongest terms”, with Secretary-General Jassim Mohammed Al Badawi expressing his afloat enactment for immoderate measures the UAE takes “to sphere its sovereignty, information and stability”.

“The continuation of these brutal Iranian attacks by targeting ships passing done the strait is piracy and superior extortion of the information of oversea lanes and straits,” helium added.

European Union

EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen denounced the attacks and extended her afloat solidarity to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his people.

“These attacks are unacceptable and represent a wide usurpation of sovereignty and planetary law. Security successful the portion has nonstop consequences for Europe,” she wrote connected X.

“So we volition support moving intimately with our partners connected de-escalation and diplomatic resolution, to bring an extremity to the Iranian regime’s brutal actions, some against its neighbours and its ain people.”