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Article: IRAN/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: U.S. FAILS TO SCUTTLE EMERGING TIES
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- February 25, 2008
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Kimia Sanati
Inter Press Service English News Wire
02-25-2008
TEHRAN, Iran, Feb. 25, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Iran and the United
Arab Emirates have begun top-level talks to boost economic
relations, despite efforts by the United States to disrupt trade
ties between the countries.
The economic negotiations are proceeding despite an unresolved
territorial dispute over the three strategic islands of Abu Mousa,
the Lesser and the Greater Tunb in the Strait of Hormuz.
The United Arab Emirates is already Iran's top trade partner,
with bilateral trade reaching $14 billion, according to official
sources.
"The U.S. has tried to hurt the Iranian economy through
unilateral sanctions. They consider U.N. ...