HM the King is accompanied by a delegation comprising his Personal Representative Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Royal Court Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, The Survey and Land Registration Bureau President Shaikh Salman bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Shaikh Hamad bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Interior Minister Lt.
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“If Iran changes its way and its policies, nothing would prevent turning a page and building the best relationship based on good neighbourliness, with no meddling in the affairs of others”, he told reporters in Riyadh.
“Iran is a neighbouring Muslim country that has a great civilisation and a friendly people, but the policies followed that the revolution of (Ayatollah) Khomeini have been aggressive”, he said.
In January, Bahrain said it had dismantled a “terror” cell allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Lebanese movement.
“In his speech (the minister) said that Hashd Shaabi and Hezbollah had preserved the dignity of the Arabs and those who call them terrorists are the terrorists”, an Iraqi foreign ministry source said.
US Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the United States would take action against Iran if the missile tests were confirmed.
A number of Arab states, particularly Gulf countries, have taken measures against Hezbollah which supports Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.
Correspondents say the move by the Arab League, in the wake of the decision by the Saudi-led Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), will intensify pressure on Hezbollah.
It also brings the league in line with the United States, which is closely allied with the Gulf states and has long considered Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization. The leaders are in Saudi Arabia on the invitation of the custodian of two holy mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud.
Jubeir said Lebanon is now run by Hezbollah.
Late last month, Saudi Arabia cancelled US$4 billion (Dh14.7bn) in aid to Lebanon’s security forces, saying that Hizbollah had “hijacked” the country. He said Lebanon asked that the word “terrorist” be struck from the records of the meeting as if did not happen.
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There have also been increasing European concern about the expansion of the Islamic State group – which holds about a third of Iraq and Syria – in Libya amid the North African country’s political chaos.
