Gulf Arab countries urged Iran at a meeting late on Tuesday to remove the offices it has installed on a disputed island in the strategic Gulf waterway and backed the United Arab Emirates' claim to the territories. The condemnation came in the closing statement of the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) foreign ministers' meeting in the Saudi port city of Jeddah.
"The ministerial council condemns Iran's establishment of two administrative offices on Abu Musa island that belongs to the UAE and demands that Iran remove these illegal installations.