Do not view Middle East as a source of all conflicts: Bahrain FM

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain Minister of Foreign Affairs has urged the world not to view the Middle East as a region from which all problems stems.

Do not view the Middle East as a “source of all conflicts and instability that must be contained,” Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani told the summit pointing to the importance of building a region that adopts dialogue and mutual respect.

The challenges to security in the region directly affect the entire world, the minister said highlighting the existence of threats that must be deterred “some of which stem from malicious government threats or proxy wars.”

In this regard, the minister said that the Middle East security is tightly linked to global security and that connection has grown stronger in recent times. The minister said that there are parties who are working to subvert the regional security and in that sense the international security.

Deterring them, the minister said, will be through vigilance and resilience, for which we need a robust, flexible and multilayer deterrence, which includes electronic, economic, technologic and active diplomacy.

The situation, the minister said, also calls for the need to ensure that our infrastructures are strong enough to withstand and overcome any potential threat - direct or by proxies- for which international cooperation is critical.

He further revealed having a strategic dialogue between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, where the discussion focuses on “all economic fields and cooperation, and security policies.”