Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi said on Sunday that Iran was involved in "provocative acts." Arabi was addressing Arab League foreign ministers gathered in Cairo for an emergency session called to discuss attacks on Saudi missions in Iran and its interference in the internal affairs of regional countries. Arabi called on diplomats meeting at the group's Cairo headquarters to "adopt a strong and clear common position calling on Iran to stop all forms of interference in the affairs of Arab nations." Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir reiterated that Iran was interfering in Arab affairs and undermining regional security. "These attacks clearly reflect the approach that the Iranian policy is taking in our Arab region specifically ... with its interference in the affairs of the (region's) states and instigation of sectarian strife and shaking its security and stability," said Jubeir. Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan called on Arab states to take a "clear stance" against Iran's meddling in Arab affairs. He said Iran intentionally avoided to protect Saudi diplomatic posts. Al Nahyan, who heads the Arab Ambassadors' Council, said the attack "took place under the nose and within the earshot of security forces." On Saturday, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their support for the decisions and measures taken by Saudi Arabia to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, to pursue perpetrators of terrorist acts and instigators of sedition and bring them to justice. This came in a statement issued at end of the 42nd extraordinary meeting of the GCC Ministerial Council chaired by Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and attended by GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani. The GCC Ministerial Council discussed the repercussions of the attacks on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. The Ministerial Council strongly condemned and categorically rejected these attacks, holding the Iranian authorities fully responsible for these terrorist acts based on its commitment to the 1961 and 1963 Vienna Conventions and international law, which hold countries responsible for protecting the diplomatic missions in their territories.
