ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates said yesterday that it had recalled its ambassador to Iraq for consultations over the growing unrest and slammed the Shia-led government’s “sectarian” policies. A foreign ministry statement voiced “serious concern” about “exclusionary and sectarian policies that marginalise essential components of the Iraqi people”.
The UAE warned that the policies of the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, will only contribute to “escalate political tension and jeopardise security”. “The only way to salvage Iraq and protect its territorial integrity and stability is through adopting a consensual national approach that brings (Iraqis) together and does not exclude” any party, the UAE ministry said in a statement carried by WAM.
The UAE statement said it “reiterates strong condemnation of the terrorism of ISIL which killed scores of innocent Iraqis.” But it said that the UAE “believes that the way out this bloody tunnel will not be through more exclusionary policies and sectarian approaches”. AFP
