India, Sept. 13 -- Iran wants to make a fresh start with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and look to the future, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, a day after his surprise meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed on the margins of the Brics Summit in New Delhi.

The meeting was held even as Iran and the UAE set aside their differences over the West Asia conflict to facilitate a joint declaration at the Brics Summit on Saturday. Few details have emerged about the meeting, held ahead of a planned gathering of Iranian officials with their counterparts from Gulf states and Iraq in Oman on September 14 to discuss an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz.

"We had a good conversation with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi...