Saudi urges firm Arab stance against Iran

Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir stressed the importance of the rapid response of Arab countries to the request of Saudi Arabia to hold an extraordinary meeting to confront the dangers of Iranian interference in the affairs of Arab countries.

In his speech at the opening session of the Extraordinary Session of the Arab League at the level of Foreign Ministers, which opened here this evening, he said: "This response reflects the consideration of our countries of the grave dangers to the security and stability of our region as an inevitable result of the blatant violations of the Iranian regime in the internal affairs of the Arab countries in an attempt to destabilize their security and stability and stir up sectarian strife to create a division between our peoples and our countries. 
"The ballistic missile launched on my country's capital reflects the repeated Iranian attacks against the kingdom, which witnessed the launch of 80 Iranian ballistic missiles through its Houthi agent in Yemen, which was exposed to various cities in the Kingdom, and did not care about the Muslims' Qiblah by launching three ballistic missiles in a blatant attack on Islamic sanctities and a provocation to the feelings of Muslims around the world". 
"The silence on these brutal attacks of Iran through its agents in the region will not make any capital of an Arab country safe from these ballistic missiles," he said.
"Saudi Arabia will not stand idly against this blatant aggression and will not hesitate to defend its national security to preserve the security and safety of its people. We are all required to bear our national responsibilities and safeguard the security and stability of our countries to confront these aggressive Iranian policies towards us."
He stressed that the Kingdom has tried since the beginning of the Iranian revolution to deal with Iran, in accordance with the requirements of the principle of good-neighborliness and mutual respect, but unfortunately Iran has ignored all of these efforts, violated all international laws, customs, principles and ethics, and tried to export revolution, which ignored the national borders of the states, stirring unrest the in the Arab world, most recently targeting the oil pipeline in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
"These aggressive Iranian practices have made the international community classify Iran as the first state sponsoring terrorism in the world and subjecting it to sanctions because of its continued violations of international laws and states sovereignty, the planting of terrorist cells, the smuggling of weapons, the attacks on diplomatic missions, and the creation of agents in our Arab region such as the Houthis, Hezbollah, and its harbor of terrorist organizations inside and outside Iran such as Al Qaeda.
He said that any laxness in dealing with Iran's aggressive policies towards us would encourage Iran to continue its aggression. Therefore, today we are called upon to stand firm and sincere with our countries and peoples and to abide by the principles and charter of the Arab League and international laws in response to these brutal policies to maintain our Arab national security and the safety and prosperity of our peoples. " "I am confident that our distinguished Council will bear its responsibilities in this regard by taking a firm decision to deal with these ongoing violations against Arab national security," he added.