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- Foreign Ministry鈥檚 statement echoed calls made by Pompeo for extension of arms embargo on regime
LONDON: 萝莉视频鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed Tuesday a UN report confirming Iranian involvement in attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in September 2019.
A foreign ministry statement said the findings of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres鈥� report 鈥渓eaves no doubt for the international community about Iran鈥檚 hostile intentions towards the Kingdom in particular, the Arab region and the wider world in general.鈥�
The report was also welcomed by the Kingdom鈥檚 Permanent Representative to the UN.
One of the first steps in the fight against Iranian expansion in the region is recognizing the problem, Abdullah Al-Mouallimi said.
Iran has created a web of support in the region through the years and it requires international cooperation to stop its activities, Al-Mouallimi added.
Guterres presented his report to a virtual gathering of the Security Council on Tuesday, implicating the Iranian regime in attacks last year on oil installations in Abqaiq and Khurais in the east of the Kingdom.
The ministry鈥檚 statement also echoed calls made during the virtual meeting by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for an extension of an arms embargo on Iran.
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It said the report鈥檚 findings also highlighted Iran鈥檚 continuous aggressive approach to destabilizing the region鈥檚 security, and the regime鈥檚 logistical, military and financial support for armed terrorist militias in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon 鈥� something it did with 鈥渘o regard for international laws and treaties or the principles of good-neighborliness.鈥�
Foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the security council meeting was a 鈥渞eminder for the international community to take a firm stance against the Iranian regime鈥檚 aggression and terror.鈥�
The details and facts laid out in the UN report 鈥渞einforce our support for a continued ban on arming the Iranian regime, and confronting its developing nuclear and ballistic programs,鈥� he said on Twitter.
The ministry added that the Kingdom would not allow transgression of its borders and threats to its national security 鈥� or threats to the safety of international waterways 鈥� posed by the 鈥渉ostile behavior of Iran.鈥�