29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 20 October 2015 - 09:47
Story Code : 185123

Destructive Saudi policies lead to nowhere: Iranian diplomat

Iran says Saudi Arabias destructive policies lead nowhere, and that a country bombing its southern neighbor is not in a position to talk about the Islamic Republics role in the region.

Having understood the Islamic Republic of Iran's "constructive and stabilizing role, the international community is calling for Iran's further participation in the international arena, but Saudi Arabia isunfortunately the only country that isstill looking at the regional developments with the win-lose approach and isinsisting on the removal of others, Irans Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Monday, adding that the unconstructiveapproach is doomed to failure.

Afkham made the remarks in response to recent comments by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, who threatened to confront Iran if the Islamic Republic does not give up what he called continuous aggression against the kingdom.

"It is difficult to have positive relations" with Tehran "when Saudi Arabia and its people are the target of continuous aggression" by Iran, Jubeir said at a Monday joint presser with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Afkham described such remarks as indecent and non-diplomatic, noting that such an approach has plagued some regional countries, including Yemen and Syria, with organized war and extremism.

The Saudi minister had also said that it was difficult to envision a role for Iran in finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis due to Tehrans support for the Syrian government.

In response, the Iranian official stressed that Jubeir, whose country has adopted a military and extremist approach toward the regional crises, is not competent to speak of Irans regional role.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="555"] Yemenis inspect the rubble of UNESCO-listed buildings destroyed in Saudi airstrikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on September 19, 2015. (AFP)[/caption]

Saudi Arabia launched its military aggression against Yemen on March 26 without a United Nations mandate in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to Yemens fugitive former president, Abd Rubbuh MansurHadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

The kingdom is also regarded as a main supporter of Takfiri terrorists operating mainly in Syria and Iraq.

Syria has been wrestling with a foreign-sponsored conflict since 2011, which has reportedly claimed more than 250,000 lives up until now.

In Iraq, gruesome violence has plagued the northern and western parts of the country ever since Daesh terrorists launched an offensive in June 2014, and took control of portions of the country.

By Press TV
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