UAE calls for restoring trust deficit in Mideast

Iran, along with Hezbollah, are at the root of violence in the region, envoy says

‘ Diplomacy will always be key to solving the region’s crises, so we must renew our efforts to see it strengthened,” said Lana Nussaibah, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations, at a critical UN Security Council debate on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa chaired by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergey Vershinin.

Nussaibah called on member states to lend their support to like-minded countries of the Arab Centre, who are shifting the Middle East towards stability, development, and rejection of any state system based on extremist ideology.

She stated that it was critical to avoid repeating the mistakes of the great powers after the First World War who believed they knew better than the people of the region, who are currently suffering the consequences of that approach. Nussaibah called for the international community to recommit to the central principles and concepts that spearheaded the creation of the current world order and to put an understanding of historical context at the centre of policymaking.

In the context of resuming dialogue for a peaceful resolution in the Middle East, Nussaibah reiterated that all actors must accept the principles of the UN Charter. She stated that Iran, in particular, has consistently violated these norms and must end its irresponsible presence

Nussaibah called for the international community to recommit to the central principles and concepts that spearheaded the creation of the current world order.

in Arab countries in the form of militias and terrorist groups. Additionally, she voiced support for the statement made by the Representative of the United States: “In war zone after war zone and terrorist act after terrorist act, we find Iran and Hezbollah at the root of violence in the Middle East.”

Nussaibah reminded the Council that before the current situation in Yemen, the legitimate government headed a functional state and had a clear process for political transition in the country. She stressed that the Council should have acted when the Iranian-backed Houthis first took Sana’a in September 2014, causing the breakdown of the Yemeni state.