Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Saudi Arabia calls on Iran to protect its diplomats (Reuters)

RIYADH (Reuters)-the Saudi Arabian Minister on Monday called on Iran to protect its diplomats and the Islamic Republic had threatened Unspecified measures if it has not done so.


Iranian students demonstrated outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Teheran last Monday Protesting against the Gulf Arab State of Bahrain, and the role of the media reports said. Last month, the Iranian Klimaflüchtlinge broke the Saudi Arabian Consulate Mashhad is Windows.


"Hopefully, the ongoing violations have lead us to take the other stocks," Deputy Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Turki bin Saud al Kabeer was quoted by as saying in the newspaper al-Watan.


"We hope to have recourse to other measures, but if it matters too much, then, it has reached our right to protect its citizens," he added.


Kabeer, nor say what action might be. Ask if they would include the withdrawal of the diplomatic mission of Saudi Arabia from Iran, he said, was to keep the option of Riyadh, and he hoped matters does not reach that level.


The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which make up Riyadh late on Sunday, is called to stop what they called Iran's provocation and disruption to the Gulf Arab region, said the Security Council.


"The (GCC) invites to take the necessary procedures for the international community and the Security Council. .. to stop disturbances, provocations and threats from Iran, which seeks to ignite the rumors and the GCC countries, become unstable," certificate issued by the six-Member GCC said.


The Kings led to the Gulf Arab States and Shi'ite Iran tensions intensified between the Shi'ite majority began after the Bahrain's of street protests in February, led by the Government, a popular Sunni uprisings against Arab inspired by the rest of the world.


Bahrain's Sunni rulers crushed the protests last month in the capital and the introduction of the meeting of the security forces in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sets the calling card.


Bahrain's Sunni unnerved the rise of neighboring countries, in particular in Saudi Arabia, who feared that the protests might spread and embolden the oil-producing Eastern Province's disgruntled Shi'ites.


(Reports Of The Asma Alsharif; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Andrew Dobbie)


 

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