YEMEN Press Agency

Gargash for Zionist Media: “annexation” plans served Emirates

SANAA, Aug 15 (YPA) – UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar , on Friday, said in his first interview with a senior Emirati official to the Zionist media after announcing the normalization of relations between “Israel” and the UAE, that his country “is interested in implementing the normalization agreement as soon as possible.”

During the interview, Gargash stressed several times that the UAE’s announcement of the agreement with “Israel is not symbolic,” considering that his country “wants to move forward as soon as possible.”

He continued, “I think that representatives of Israel and the UAE will meet as soon as possible to discuss issues that concern us and that concern Israel.”

The account “Israel in Arabic” affiliated to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the head of the government of the Zionist enemy, Benjamin Netanyahu, had assigned the head of the National Security Authority, Meir Ben Shabat, to “focus work on initiating preparations for talks with the Emirates.”

Gargash pointed out that the topic of interest to his country from the “peace agreement” is “agriculture, food security, electronic protection, tourism and technology.”

On the other hand, after Egypt, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman welcomed the agreement, Gargash affirmed that he was “pleased with the Arab and international response,” indicating that the UAE “does not aspire to be a train that brings other people with it,” explaining that “the decision to normalize relations with Israel was a sovereign decision of the UAE. “, As he put it.

Gargash explained in his talk about the Zionist annexation plan for parts of the West Bank that “This decision served the UAE for several reasons, including stopping the Israeli annexation of the West Bank, but most of all, the UAE is striving to reach a situation in which relations and dialogue can be preserved despite From political differences ”.

The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs indicated that the normalization agreement “appeals to many Zionists who dream of visiting the Emirates,” stressing that “this may be possible soon.”

A member of the “Knesset”, Uzi Dayan, said that “peace with the Emirates is without conditions, peace in exchange for peace, not peace in exchange for lands.”

Gargash’s words came after US President Donald Trump announced the imminent signing of the “historic peace agreement” to normalize relations between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv at the White House.