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UAE Says Pact Not about Confronting Iran, Rejects Erdogan Threat
(Bloomberg) Mahmoud Habboush - The UAE decision to normalize ties with Israel "is not about Iran. This is about the UAE, Israel and the United States," said Anwar Gargash, UAE minister of state for foreign affairs. "This is in no way meant to create some sort of grouping against Iran." Responding to criticism from Turkish President Erdogan, Gargash dismissed his statement as a "double standard" which glossed over Turkey's own significant trade links with Israel. "They receive over half a million Israeli tourists, have $2 billion worth of bilateral trade and an existing embassy there."