War will only end by diplomacy, says top UAE diplomat

The war on Iran will ultimately be solved by diplomatic means, one of the UAE's top diplomats has said. 

Lana Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the United Nations, added that the decision to take the diplomatic route will be made by US President Donald Trump but will happen "in his time".

"Ultimately, it will be a diplomatic solution, but there needs to be that tipping point moment, and I think that President Trump will lead us all to that moment in his time," Nusseibeh told journalists.

She added that Iran's failure to warn the UAE that it would be targeting US interests in the country was "so shocking and so egregious".

Despite attacks on her country, the now minister of state in the UAE's foreign ministry made clear that "mediation can only happen when the guns go silent".