Zarif: Saudi Policies Harming Region, Kingdom Itself
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Saudi policies harmed not only the region but also the kingdom itself.
"Iran has always been seeking good ties with its neighbors, but we believe the Saudi policies in the region have been destructive and even harmed the country itself," Zarif said in an interview with ISNA published on Wednesday.
He said that Iran seeks a "secure, powerful and convergent region... in line with the interests of the country as well as those of the region," adding that this framework has defined the Islamic Republic's policies vis-à-vis interaction with regional states, including Saudi Arabia.
On the contrary, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to create tensions in the region to fulfill its own interests, Zarif added.
If Riyadh revises its policies in the region, he said, it will see a "positive" reaction from Tehran.
"We believe that Saudi Arabia needs to revise and reconsider some of its policies, and doing so will be in line with the country's national interests," the top Iranian diplomat said. "If this reconsideration happens, it [Saudi Arabia] will surely elicit a positive reaction from Iran."
Zarif referred to Yemen as one of the areas where Saudi Arabia needed to change its policies nearly two-and-a-half years after it launched its deadly military aggression against the impoverished country.
Not only has Riyadh failed to reap any benefits from the military aggression but the war has also hurt the kingdom, Zarif added.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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