Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir vowed here today that his country will take additional steps once Iran went ahead with its hostilities and violations against the Kingdom, citing that the attacks on its diplomatic mission in Iranian cities of Tehran and Mash-had were the result of systematic hostile statements and provocative policies adopted by Iran against the Kingdom as well as continual interference in internal affairs of the Kingdom, notably its objection to judicial rulings on a Saudi national. This came in a joint press conference by Al-Jubeir, the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid Al Nahyan and the Arab League Secretary General Dr. Nabil Al-Araby following the Arab foreign ministers extraordinary meeting in Cairo today to discuss the Iranian attacks on Saudi diplomatic mission in Iranian cities of Tehran ad Mash-had as well as its interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries over decades. Speaking to reporters, Al-Jubeir pointed to the steps taken by the Saudi diplomacy at the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League levels as well as its request that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation holds an extraordinary meeting to discuss the Iranian attacks and interference in domestic affairs of the Kingdom, noting that Iran's message offering an apology at the Security Council has contained a number of fallacies. He denied the existence of any Arab mediation to defuse the current tension, noting that some other countries have offered to do so, and confirming the importance of Iran's showing seriousness rather than rhetoric. He extended thanks to Arab foreign ministers for their solidarity with the Kingdom, describing the Arab position revealed in the council's ministerial decisions as equivocally and strongly rejecting the Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries or its support for terrorism and sectarianism in the Arab world. He considered today's Arab Foreign ministers decision, the Security Council's most recent statement on Iranian acts and the GCC foreign ministers statement at a recently-concluded meeting in Riyadh as clear collective message to Iran that the Arab countries would never accept its negative actions in the region. --More 02:20 LOCAL TIME 23:20 GMT تغريد
