🔺Canada backed the United Arab Emirates’ claim over the three Iranian islands

▪Canada joined the list of countries that have accepted the territorial claim of the United Arab Emirates regarding Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb.

▪In a joint statement dated 6 Aban, a statement by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, and Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, said the two sides “called for an end to the occupation of the three islands of the UAE, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa, which is a violation of the UAE’s sovereignty and the principles of the United Nations Charter.”

▪The text does not mention Iran by name and does not refer to the Strait of Hormuz.

▪The three islands are part of Iranian territory that the UAE has repeatedly claimed in recent years.