JEDDAH: Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir met Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Riyadh on Monday and discussed a number of issues, including Iranian interference in Arab affairs.
In a press statement following the meeting, Shoukry said: “We made a decision to break off relations with Iran 27 years ago because of the situation at that time,” said Shoukry. “We reject Iranian interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom. We have stressed many times that we stand firmly with our brothers in the Kingdom and other Gulf states. We confirm once again as we have done and will continue to do that the Kingdom’s security is an integral part of Egypt’s security and Egypt’s security is an integral part of the Kingdom’s security,” he said.
Al-Jubeir said that there were arrangements for the meetings of foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Arab League foreign ministers in addition to moves at the United Nations. The Kingdom will exert all efforts to expose Iran’s negative role and breaches of international laws and norms.
With regard to the initiative by the Russian foreign minister to find a political solution between Riyadh and Tehran, Al-Jubeir pointed out that he had not seen the initiative and what it contained. “The violations and aggressive moves came from one party and not from both,” he said. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over 35 years has not carried out any aggressive act against Iran; but Iran in the 35 years since the Iranian revolution has moved in a negative and aggressive way toward the Kingdom, interfering in the affairs of the region, supporting terrorism, recruiting people from the region to work against their societies, and smuggling weapons and explosives into countries in the region in order to destabilize them. Such actions are of course unacceptable.”
He said: “Iran incites terrorism, violence and extremism, protects terrorists and people accused of terrorism and gives them Iranian passports, does not respect international laws or international norms in particular; as for the protection of diplomatic missions, the escalation, aggressive acts and evil all came from Iran and not from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; therefore if Iran wants to have a positive and natural role in the region, it must desist from these acts of aggression and behave with the countries of the region as such any country seeking good-neighborliness will do. The behavior and actions are up to Iran but the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the region would welcome improvements in Iran’s behavior,” Al-Jubeir said.
In a press statement following the meeting, Shoukry said: “We made a decision to break off relations with Iran 27 years ago because of the situation at that time,” said Shoukry. “We reject Iranian interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom. We have stressed many times that we stand firmly with our brothers in the Kingdom and other Gulf states. We confirm once again as we have done and will continue to do that the Kingdom’s security is an integral part of Egypt’s security and Egypt’s security is an integral part of the Kingdom’s security,” he said.
Al-Jubeir said that there were arrangements for the meetings of foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Arab League foreign ministers in addition to moves at the United Nations. The Kingdom will exert all efforts to expose Iran’s negative role and breaches of international laws and norms.
With regard to the initiative by the Russian foreign minister to find a political solution between Riyadh and Tehran, Al-Jubeir pointed out that he had not seen the initiative and what it contained. “The violations and aggressive moves came from one party and not from both,” he said. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over 35 years has not carried out any aggressive act against Iran; but Iran in the 35 years since the Iranian revolution has moved in a negative and aggressive way toward the Kingdom, interfering in the affairs of the region, supporting terrorism, recruiting people from the region to work against their societies, and smuggling weapons and explosives into countries in the region in order to destabilize them. Such actions are of course unacceptable.”
He said: “Iran incites terrorism, violence and extremism, protects terrorists and people accused of terrorism and gives them Iranian passports, does not respect international laws or international norms in particular; as for the protection of diplomatic missions, the escalation, aggressive acts and evil all came from Iran and not from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; therefore if Iran wants to have a positive and natural role in the region, it must desist from these acts of aggression and behave with the countries of the region as such any country seeking good-neighborliness will do. The behavior and actions are up to Iran but the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the region would welcome improvements in Iran’s behavior,” Al-Jubeir said.
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