BAGHDAD, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A militant group that has abducted a diplomat of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) released a video on Thursday, demanding the close of UAE's mission in Iraq, the pan-Arab al-Jazeera TV reported.

    The video showed a man standing in front of a wall with no audio.

    The Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV said that the abductors demanded the UAE close its embassy in Baghdad.

    Naji Rashid al-Nuaimi, 28, who was the first secretary in the UAE embassy, was abducted by unknown gunmen on Tuesday in the wealthy al-Mansur district in western Baghdad.

    Militants in the past kidnapped foreign diplomats in the Iraqi capital in a bid to cripple the new Iraqi government's effort to rebuild the war-torn country after the Iraq war three years ago.   Enditem