Rabat – Morocco “strongly” condemned, on Friday, the visit of the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Wednesday, to the Emirati island of Abu Musa, occupied by Iran since 1971.
“This visit is a provocative act running counter to the initiatives and efforts of the sister United Arab Emirates aimed at reaching a peaceful settlement that ends the Iranian occupation of the three Emirati islands,” Morocco’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
The Kingdom of Morocco expressed its “full solidarity” with the United Arab Emirates and reiterated its constant stand of principle, based on respect for the states’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and territorial inviolability, the statement said.
The ministry insisted that Morocco emphasises “the need to opt for dialogue and negotiation to settle disputes and conflicts, in line with international resolutions.”
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