Middle East cannot stay in ‘neither war nor peace’ state: UAE’s Gargash

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The Middle East cannot remain indefinitely in a state of neither war nor peace, Anwar Gargash, a senior diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, has said, adding that the region’s stability and the future of its peoples “require clarity in vision and direction”, Al Jazeera reports.

In a post on X, Gargash says the coming phase cannot be built on “shaky foundations or arrangements detached from international law”.

“The goal is to transition to sustainable stability governed by clear and shared rules,” he writes.

Gargash has also stressed the principles of “peaceful coexistence, respect for sovereignty, and the logic of peace” as essential pillars for any durable settlement.

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