Send troops or pay the price: UAE to Pakistan
April 12, 2015  11:15
The UAE has strongly condemned Pakistani parliaments decision to stay out of the conflict in Yemen, according to a report published in Khaleej Times.

"The Arabian Gulf is in a dangerous confrontation, its strategic security is on the edge, and the moment of truth distinguishes between the real ally and the ally of media and statements," Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash tweeted after a unanimous resolution passed by joint session of parliament. 

The resolution, however, backed the government's commitment to protect Saudi Arabia's territory.

Gargash said Pakistan is required to show a clear stand in favour of its strategic relations with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, "as contradictory and ambiguous views on this serious matter will have a heavy price to pay". "This is nothing but another chapter of laggard impartial stand," Gargash said.

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