UAE minister ready to visit Iran to discuss island issue

United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan has expressed his readiness to visit Iran to discuss the question of three islands.

In a statement to the Qatari daily al-Watan on Saturday, the UAE minister called for drawing up a set timetable for the visit.

Sheikh Hamdan added that his country's government seeks to give a Gulf Cooperation Council committee, formed to attempt to end the conflict over the three islands between the UAE and Iran, a full chance to produce positive results that will be conducive to settling the crisis of the islands.