Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir asserted that he is optimist for the regional future, despite challenges around, pointing out that the Kingdom is sharing U.S. new administration of President Donald Trump view points on the necessity to eliminate Daesh and the danger of Iran's regional ambition. In a speech under the motto of Old Problems, New Middle East, as he was addressing the 53rd Munich Security Conference, which has begun three days ago, Al-Jubeir stressed that Iran is the biggest terrorism sponsoring country, in the world, as it believes in sponsoring whole Shia'as, all over the world, in spite of their nationalities and regardless of sovereign nations' rights, adding that the Iranians intervene in the internal affairs of various countries, do not respect international law, attack embassies and plant terrorist-oriented cells, in different countries, and pointing that the elder son of the founder of Al-Qaeda network Osama bin Laden, has gone to Iran seeking safety, out there. Al-Jubeir drew attention of the world that Iran has never been a target of Daesh or any other terrorist outfit, in the region, questioning the reason and stated that Iran is insistent on changing the system in the Middle East and it was playing a destructive regional role, henceforth, it is part of the problem not of the settlement, neither in Yemen nor in Syria. What we are seeking are actions not sayings, he emphasized, drawing attention that Iranians are sending weaponry, such as ballistic missiles to the Houthis, challenging international law and resolutions, and calling for pressuring Iran, in order to change its behavior and apprehend that what they are committing, is not acceptable, he confirmed. On Yemen, Al-Jubeir reaffirmed that the Arab-led Coalition countries did not begin the war, in Yemen, rather, it only responded to the call of the legitimate government to save the country from the Houthi militias' rebellion, recalling that the Kingdom backs the settlement, in Yemen, based on the GCC-sponsored initiative and its executive mechanism, outputs of the National Dialogue of Yemeni factions and the UN Security Council Resolution No. 2216. Munich conference is a world forum, established in 1963, as a gathering focusing on political and security-wise issues, in order to reach means conducive to lay the basis for peace, all over the world, to best serve all nations and to contribute to overcoming challenges they may face. This year's form is attended by a host of heads of state, government, top level officials, experts and thinkers from all over the world.
