Minister attends Arab Quartet Committee meeting on Iran

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, yesterday participated in the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Quartet Committee on the follow-up to the crisis with Iran and ways to deal with its interference in the internal affairs of the Arab States.

The Quartet Committee, comprising the Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Secretary-General of the Arab League, held its meeting here on the sidelines of the preparatory meeting of the Arab Foreign Ministers ahead of the Arab Summit in its 30th ordinary session. During the meeting, the Ministerial Committee discussed the developments of the crisis with Iran, the course of the Arab relations with Iran and the ways to deal with Iranian interference in the internal affairs of the Arab countries.

The Committee has issued a statement condemning Iran’s continued interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom and its support of terrorism, training and harboring terrorists, igniting sectarian strife. The meeting also decried Iran’s issuance of hostile statements at various levels in order to destabilize the security and stability of the region and create terrorist groups in the Kingdom and offering them funds and training from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and its arms, Ahlul Al Haq brigades and the terrorist group of Hizbollah.

The Committee also welcomed the decisions of a number of countries to classify the so-called Iran-based terrorist Saraya Al Ashtar in the Kingdom as a terrorist organization, and include a number of its members on the terrorism list. The step reflects the determination of the world states to combat terrorism, its funders, and supporters, at regional and international levels and support the efforts of the Kingdom of Bahrain and its actions in promoting security, stability, and peace in the region.