Pakistan Hits Out at UAE over Yemen
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Islamabad on Sunday hit out at the United Arab Emirates for condemning a parliamentary vote by Pakistani lawmakers to stay out of the Saudi aggression in Yemen, in a rare display of discord between the two allies.
Pakistan's parliament on Friday passed a unanimous resolution, declining Riyadh's request for Pakistani troops, ships and warplanes inside Yemen.
Anwar Gargash, the UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs, lashed out at Pakistan's vote on his Twitter account Saturday, terming it "contradictory and dangerous and unexpected", and accusing Islamabad of siding with Iran.
He added Pakistan's stand would come at a high cost.
Pakistan's interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan hit back on Sunday night in an unusually strongly worded statement, accusing the UAE of "making threats."
"This is not only ironic but a thought-provoking moment that a minister of UAE is hurling threats at Pakistan. The statement of the UAE minister is in stark violation of all diplomatic norms prevalent according to the principles of international relations," he said.
"Pakistan is an honored nation and has brotherly emotions for the people of UAE along with Saudi Arabia, but this statement of an Emirati minister is equal to an offense against the ego of Pakistan and its people and is unacceptable."
Pakistan's parliament vote is not binding, but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said last week that any Pakistani participation would need the backing of parliament.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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