Summary Al Jubeir said that Iran has been following a hostile policy towards the Arab world.
MANAMA (Web Desk) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday denied the existence of any mediation between his country and Iran.
While talking to media in Bahrain’s capital Manama, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that many countries offered to mediate between Tehran and Riyadh for reconciliation however; this is not possible unless Iran does not respond positively.
He said that Iran knows better how to react in such a situation.
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.
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Saudi Arabia and some of its allies cut diplomatic ties with Iran this month after protesters there burned Riyadh’s embassy in Tehran and a consulate in the second city of Mashhad.
The violence against Riyadh’s missions occurred after the kingdom executed dissident Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, a driving force behind anti-government protests.
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Nimr was one of four Shias put to death on January 2 alongside 43 Sunnis. All were convicted of "terrorism".
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif alongwith Army Chief General Raheel Sharif visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran on 18 and 19 January 2016, to ease and resolve tensions between the two Muslim countries.
Saudi FM s statement came in contrast to what PM Nawaz said that both Iran and Saudi Arabia have praised Pakistan’s efforts to mediate. He said Pakistan isn’t doing this as a favour but as a duty to the Muslim world.
