UAE denies existence of an Israeli mission in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates UAE has denied what was stated by Israeli papers on opening am Israeli diplomatic representation office in Dubai, stressing its cling to the Arab peace initiative which links normalization with Israel to its withdrawal from all occupied Arab lands in 1967.

The UAE news agency quoted one official source at the UAE foreign ministry on Sunday as denying deliberately news quoted by certain Israeli papers during the past days on the opening of an Israeli representation office in Dubai.

The source said that the "foreign ministry denies this false news", adding that the UAE " is totally attached to the Arab peace initiative adopted during Beirut and Algeria summit, which links any normalization of relations with Israel to recognizing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people."