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DUBAI, June 29 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates summoned the Swedish ambassador on Thursday to protest against the burning of a copy of the Koran in Stockholm, the UAE foreign ministry said in a statement.
For its part, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry issued a statement condemning the burning of the Koran by a protester outside a mosque in the Swedish capital on Wednesday.
Reporting by Tala Ramadan; writing by Clauda Tanios and Tala Ramadan; editing by Toby Chopra and Mark Heinrich
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