Russo-Arab Cooperation Forum's July Statement Supporting UAE Claim On Disputed Persian Gulf Islands Sparks Iranian Outrage At 'Traitorous' Russian Ally
On December 24, 2023 Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Russia's Charge d'Affaires in Tehran, Rafael Gevorkyan, in response to a diplomatic incident spurred by the final statement made in the 6th session of the Russo-Arab Cooperation Forum, held by the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), which took place in Morocco last July.[1] The statement of the