A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs challenged Canada's support for the United Arab Emirates' claim to the three Iranian islands.
Territorial integrity respected only for Canada? In response to Canada's position on the three Iranian islands, Ismail Bakai, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized the historical background of these islands that belong to our country and questioned Ottawa's support for the UAE's claim. Bakai said that the history of Abu Musa, the Great Teneb and the Little Teneb belong to Iran, thousands of years before the establishment of the United Arab Emirates in 1971. A Foreign Office spokesman then pointed to Canada's history of defending its territorial integrity against the threats and ambitions of the United States and questioned how that country was taking sides in what he called a "phony conflict." Click the link below to read more.