The United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister has condemned remarks by Iran, rejecting “any allegations or threats that infringe upon its sovereignty”.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasised in its statement that the UAE’s international and defence relations and partnerships are a matter of pure sovereignty, and no party has the right to use them as a pretext for threats, interference, or incitement,” the ministry has said in a statement.

It adds that any discourse that includes a direct or indirect threat to the security of the UAE is “unacceptable behaviour that contravenes the principles of good neighbourliness, the rules of international law, and the Charter of the United Nations”.