In a statement, OIC said it “condemns the aggressions against the missions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran and Mashhad” Such “aggressions” contravened global law and the OIC Charter, which member state Iran rejected, the statement said, news agencies reported.
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The Organiation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the worlds second largest inter-governmental organization after the United Nations held an Extraordinary Meeting of its Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the recent attack on the Saudi embassy in Iran.
According to a report in The Financial Times, Khalid al-Falih, chairman of the state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he expects a recovery in prices this year.
The OIC statement, which was not endorsed by Iran or Lebanon, added that the organization “denounces Iran’s interference in the internal affairs of its member-states”, specifically mentioning Bahrain, Yemen, Syria and Somalia.
Saudi Arabia and some of its allies cut diplomatic ties with Shiite Iran as a result of the violence against its missions.
Earlier in January, Khamenei said Saudi officials should “have no doubt there will be divine vengeance” for Nimr’s death. All were convicted of “terrorism”.
The tensions between the leading Sunni and Shia nations have caused concern around the world.
Madani called for “building bridges of understanding and restoring mutual trust” through dialogue. The two countries stressed the importance of continuation of development of traditional friendship between the two peoples and countries and enhancing of strong cooperation in political economic commercial cultural humanitarian military security and energy fields as well as at regional and worldwide arenas that will push Saudi-Chinese relations to higher levels.
Lashing out at Iran, he said Tehran harbours the leadership of al-Qaeda, including one of Osama bin Laden’s sons, and this is a country that has been aggressive and has demonstrated no inhibitions in using terrorism.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan against the trade of nuclear weapons and said an atomic bomb would not make Saudi Arabia “safer”. “It is important to point out that the aggression against the kingdom’s missions comes as part of Iran’s aggressive policies and its continuous interference in the internal issues of the countries in the region”.
