<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">United Arab Emirates (UAE) has supported the move taken by Saudi Arabiain expelling its Canadian envoy over 'interference' in the Kingdom's domesticaffairs.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in"> </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">"The UAE stands in solidarity with Riyadh in the confrontation ofany foreign interference that may undermine its sovereignty," said astatement issued by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and InternationalCooperation.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in"> </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">Earlier, Saudi Arabia announced the expulsion of the Canadian Ambassadorover its 'interference' in domestic affairs and has said that it is freezingall trade ties with Ottawa. It has also recalled its own ambassador fromCanada. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in"> </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">A Saudi government press statement said it considered Canada's call forthe release of the detained civil society and women's rights activist as aviolation of the Kingdom's sovereignty and interference in the internal affairsof the country. <o:p /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />