President Isaac Herzog concludes his trip to the United Arab Emirates by saying: “There are only two alternatives for this region. One is peace, prosperity, cooperation, joint investments and a beautiful horizon for the people, or alternatively, what Iran is doing, which is destabilizing the region and using its proxies to employ terror,” according to The Times of Israel.

“These are the two alternatives, and this visit symbolizes hope, peace, and a great future for our nations, the region, and the world at large.”

Herzog spoke the day after the UAE shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.