Plusieurs fonctionnaires et commentateurs d'Emirati ont exprimé l'opposition à l'action militaire contre l'Iran après le discours des EAU du président des USA.

Le Président George W. des USA Bush, qui est en excursion de Moyen-Orient espérant se rassembler vers le haut de l'appui arabe contre l'Iran, a attaqué Téhéran, dans un discours qu'il a fourni en Abu Dhabi dimanche. Le discours a dessiné des réactions intéressantes aux Emirats Arabes Unis (EAU).

« Les Iraniens choisissent leur propre gouvernement, que nous convenions (avec leur choix) ou pas. Ils n'ont pas besoin de ce qu'il a dit, » ont dit qu'Al-Suwaidi de Jamal que le directeur général des Emirats centrent pour des études stratégiques et la recherche, gouvernement-soutenu pensent le réservoir qui a commandité l'adresse de Bush.

He was referring to parts of the speech where Bush claimed that Iran was ’the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’ and told the Iranian people they deserve a better government.

“It would be very dangerous if Iran develops nuclear weapons. But to hit Iran is something else… Nobody wants it [a US strike on Iran],” al-Suwaidi told AFP after Bush delivered the address.

Mariam al-Hammadee of the UAE’s Federal Environmental Agency said she would have preferred a less confrontational speech. “The region cannot put up with another war … In fact, the world badly needs peace,” she said.

She noted that the UAE has wide-ranging trading links with Iran and hosts a large number of Iranians, who are estimated to number around 400,000 in the oil-rich country.

An official UAE source also told AFP that he did not expect Bush’s remarks to harm ties between Abu Dhabi and Tehran. Bush’s remarks “do not commit the UAE to anything”, he said, requesting anonymity.

“[Iranian President] Ahmadinejad also came here [last May] and spoke,” the source noted, referring to a speech in which he warned that Iran would retaliate strongly for any US attack.

The UAE faces Iran across the Persian Gulf, which means that “the option of the negotiations [to resolve the nuclear row] failing is not an option”, the official added.

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