#UAE Won't Be `Baited Into Crisis' With #Iran as Tensions Mount - Bloomberg

U.A.E. Won't Be `Baited Into Crisis' With Iran as Tensions Mount - Bloomberg:

The United Arab Emirates “won’t jump the gun” to accuse Iran of sabotaging ships off its coast, a senior government official said, as rising tensions in the Gulf stoke concerns that the region is teetering on the brink of another war.

In an hour-long briefing, the U.A.E.’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, struck a cautious tone, stressing his country is “very committed to deescalation” and would exercise “caution and prudence” in a “brittle, difficult” situation. He said an investigation of the attack on the four ships, which includes Saudi and Norwegian vessels, is being conducted with the help of American and French investigators and it’s expected to be completed within days.

“We need to address Iran’s behavior clearly, but at the same time not to be baited into crisis,” Gargash said in an interview with Bloomberg Television late on Wednesday. “This is the region we live in and it’s important for us that we manage this crisis.”