Source: Gulf News
Manama: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir has denied the existence of a Pakistani mediation between his country and Iran.
Reports last week said that Pakistan had offered to mediate between the two countries and end a tense situation sparked by the attacks on the Saudi diplomatic missions in the Iranian capital Tehran and the northern city of Mashhad.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Riyadh and Tehran in his bid to ease the tension between the two countries, reports said.
However, on Sunday, Al Jubeir dismissed the existence of any mediation.
Some countries had offered to mediate and to convey thoughts and ideas between Riyadh and Tehran, he said, but added that Iran was well aware of what it is expected to do.
“There will be no mediation as long as Iran does not respond positively,” he said in the Bahraini capital Manama where he is attending the ministerial meeting of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum.
Al Jubeir said that Iran has been following a hostile policy towards the Arab world that included interference in their domestic affairs, sowing sectarian sedition and supporting terrorism.
He said that there was strong evidence of Iran’s acts of hostility and that Iran was on the list of terrorism-sponsoring countries that was drawn up by the United Nations and other states, beside Saudi Arabia.
Al Jubeir said that Iran has government institutions classified as terrorist organisations and that there were officials in Iran and in Iranian institutions who were wanted for terror-related activities.
The Saudi minister said the picture was clear and Iran needed to change its policy and its approach, including promoting good neighbourliness and the non-interference in the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to see better relations between Tehran and neighbouring capitals.
On January 3, Saudi Arabia severed its diplomatic relations with Iran, a move that was emulated by several other Arab countries. More countries lowered their diplomatic ties with Iran in condemnation of the attacks.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), grouping Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates condemned the attacks, followed one day later by the Arab League.
Last week, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the 57-member group, also condemned the attacks.
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WHO SHOULD BE BLAMED FOR THIS DISASTER IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES?
How many innocent people got killed in Syria by Rusian bomb?
How many innocent people got killed in Syria and Iraq by American coalition?
How many innocent people got killed in Yemen by Saudi Arabia coalition?
How many innocent people got killed in Middle East by Extremist Muslim?
I am very sad, pity and heartbreaking and embarrassing to as a Muslim..
Who can we blame for this destruction and misery?
We should blame Muslim Scholars Sunni and Shia. Those Muslim scholars who know well about the laws of Allah. But they mislead people with wrong Islamic teaching. They hate and judge each other iinstead of love and respect each other.
Unfortunately both scholars instead of love and respect each other–but hating, judging each other for decades..NOW the fruit of decade of hate teaching is coming to the fruition. Millions innocent people, his brothers, sisters and children have been suffering and killed.
Both of them have to hold responsibility for disaster in Muslim countries. As long as both scholars Suni and Shia still hate and judging each other, there is no a permanent peace in Muslim countries, only conflict or tyranny.
I strongly believe that Muslim leaders in Middle East should learn from the conflict between Catholic and Protestant 700 years ago.
Today both religion can live in peace harmony and dignity, because both accept the differences and respect love each other. Both obey Human Right, freedom of religion, speech and expression.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh said;You do not believe in Allah yet, if you do not love your neighbor, you do not love Allah yet, if you hate your neighbor.
This Golden Rule is found in Christianity,
Judaism, and other religions. This is the message we must give the next generation.
Allah commandment should be obeyed;
Love your neighbor as you love yourself, if you keep hating, biting and devouring each other, and then watch out you will be destroyed completely one another.
Love is the seed of peace, and happiness, but hatred is the seed of the darkness, violence and destruction.
Was Salam-With love