U.A.E. Sends Coast Guard Delegation to Tehran, Mehr Reports

(Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates sent a seven-member delegation from its coast guard for a meeting with counterparts in the Iranian capital Tehran, Iran’s state-run Mehr news agency reported without citing anyone.

Illegal trafficking and shared maritime borders are among the topics to be discussed, according to the report. The meeting is the first between the coast guards of the two nations since 2013, Mehr said.

It comes after the confrontation between Iran and the U.S. sent tensions in the Persian Gulf soaring, with American officials blaming Iran for recent attacks on oil tankers off the U.A.E. coast.

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