The Prime Minister said people of Pakistan are with Saudi Arabia in the hour of trial.
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Cutting ties with Iran and putting pressure on other countries in so doing will not bear any benefit to Riyadh, he added. Arab League Chief Nabil Elaraby said the region’s foreign ministers will discuss the “steps” they can take against Iran in future meetings over the next two months.
“Some factions are putting pressure on the government to break off relations with Saudi Arabia”, he said.
Amidst these criticisms and pressure put on Iran, Bahrain has announced foiling a secret terrorist plot aided by the so-called Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
Following the incident, Saudi Arabia cut its diplomatic ties with Iran. The protests came after Saudi Arabia executed prominent cleric Nemer al-Nemer.
Riyadh supports efforts to resolve Syria conflict Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir yesterday insisted his country supports efforts to resolve the Syria conflict, despite its diplomatic dispute with Iran.
Iran has said Saudi Arabia is to blame for the diplomatic crisis and accused the kingdom of “sectarian hate-mongering”.
The execution touched off anti-Saudi demonstrations in Shiite countries including in Iran where demonstrators set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad.
Iran was invited to take part in worldwide talks on Syria for the first time in October, raising hopes that its presence would help end a five-year-long civil war.
These analysts suggest Saudi Arabia was aiming to crush support for Sunni jihadists active in the kingdom without alienating more moderate Sunnis. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE foreign minister who chaired the meeting, said Iran had to “determine what kind of neighbour it wants to be”, further accusing it of supporting “extremist groups”.
Iran’s signing of a deal with world powers over its nuclear program a year ago sparked deep concern in Saudi Arabia, a key USA ally, that its longtime rival was emerging from global isolation.
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Iran understands the developments in the region and moves in line with them seeking to de-escalate tensions, the Iranian spokesman said. Ahmed Shaheed said in a report to the UN General Assembly that most of the executions violated global laws banning the use of capital punishment for non-violent offenses.
