DUBAI: The UAE鈥檚 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs has promised that his country鈥檚 relationship with Israel will be comprehensive and deep, and will ultimately help the Palestinian cause.

In an online briefing attended by Arab News on Wednesday, Anwar Gargash discussed his country鈥檚 commitment to wide-ranging diplomatic, economic and cultural exchanges with Israel, made possible by the Abraham Accords signed on Tuesday.

The Abraham Accords will normalize the relationship between the UAE and Israel, and have been widely hailed as a 鈥渉istoric moment鈥� in the story of the modern Middle East.

On the future relationship, Gargash said: 鈥淭his will be a very, very warm peace. There will be normal diplomatic relations 鈥� our diplomats throughout the world have already been inundated with requests to meet with Israeli diplomats. We have authorized many of these meetings.鈥�

This extensive diplomatic opening, he said, 鈥渨ill be done within days, rather than months.鈥�

In a wide-ranging discussion hosted by the UK鈥檚 Emirates Society, Gargash also said that the UAE 鈥渋s determined that this will be an across-the-board relationship,鈥� incorporating 鈥渢ourism, banking, trade, investment, health and technology,鈥� into a wide-ranging bilateral relationship.

He said this will 鈥渂reak the taboo of a Gulf state having relations with Israel.鈥�

Gargash also rallied against tribal differences that obstruct regional peace and prosperity.

Fundamental in overcoming this, he said, is the importance of 鈥渟hattering the psychological barrier鈥� of Muslim and Jewish coexistence.

Once this barrier has been broken, 鈥渙ther tasks will not be easy, but they will be more manageable.鈥�

He said the Palestinian question is one such issue.

The UAE remains committed to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, but Gargash said it is 鈥渄ifficult to have leverage over somebody without communication.

鈥淔rom our perspective 鈥� in the medium-term (the Palestinians) will find out that the UAE, through its new links forged in this relationship, will be able to help them more.鈥�

However, Gargash made clear that it is 鈥渆xtremely important that the Palestinians engage.鈥�

He said their 鈥渆mpty chair approach鈥� has not been helpful thus far, and will not be in the future, and warned that Israeli annexation of up to 30 percent of the West Bank 鈥� an initiative suspended as a result of the Abraham accords 鈥� could resume within five years if the Palestinians do not re-engage diplomatically.

While the Palestinians are chiefly responsible in this regard, Gargash also pointed to key players in the international community that can assist in the pursuit of this goal.

In particular, British and US recognition of a Palestinian state 鈥渨ould be both admirable and important,鈥� he said.

鈥淔undamentally, it is the Israelis and Palestinians that must solve this issue,鈥� he added.

This cooperation, he hopes, will lead to the peaceful coexistence of both an Israeli and a Palestinian state.

鈥淚 think we are all better off with a two-state solution, and I think we should all work towards that,鈥� Gargash said.