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Sun, 07/10/2011 - 15:04
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Tehran Hopeful about Settlement of Misunderstandings with Riyadh
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Sunday expressed the hope that the existing misunderstandings between Tehran and Riyadh would be resolved soon.
"The problem is our (different) views on the regional issues and we think that the misunderstandings can be removed," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters here in Tehran today.
"I believe that the misunderstandings which have recently arisen as a result of the developments in the region can be removed," he stated.
Salehi underlined the necessity for increasing consultations and talks between the two countries to solve their problems.
"We should look for a method for holding these consultations," he said, and added, "There are different views in this ground, and we are now having consultations in this regard."
"God willing, we will have the needed consultations with Saudi Arabia over the issues of the region in future."
He also called Saudi Arabia as an important regional country with significant influence on regional and global economy, and said the two regional kingpins - Iran and Saudi Arabia - have always had good, age-old ties.
Earlier, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal had also said that Tehran and Riyadh would continue talks over bilateral relations and regional issues in future.
"I met with Iran's former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran and the next meeting was supposed to take place in Riyadh," Saud Al-Faisal said at a joint press conference with his British counterpart William Hague in Jeddah on Tuesday.
The relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia darkened after the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states provoked by Riyadh issued a statement at a ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, accusing Iran of interference in Bahrain's internal affairs.
Iran strongly rejected the claim, and said interference means deploying troops and killing people in a foreign country, alluding to the deployment of the Saudi-led PGCC forces in Bahrain.
in the same regard, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said, "Issues happening in different countries are their internal affairs and other countries should not have military and security interference in their internal affairs and all governments should be encouraged to meet the legitimate demands of their people."
People in Bahrain have been protesting since February 14, demanding an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops in Bahrain to reinforce the brutal armed clampdown against mass protests.
Scores of Bahraini protesters have been killed and many others gone missing in the harsh crackdown since the beginning of the revolution in the Middle Eastern country.
Demonstrators maintain that they will hold their ground until their demands for the overthrow of the Al Khalifa dynasty, freedom and constitutional reform are met.
"The problem is our (different) views on the regional issues and we think that the misunderstandings can be removed," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters here in Tehran today.
"I believe that the misunderstandings which have recently arisen as a result of the developments in the region can be removed," he stated.
Salehi underlined the necessity for increasing consultations and talks between the two countries to solve their problems.
"We should look for a method for holding these consultations," he said, and added, "There are different views in this ground, and we are now having consultations in this regard."
"God willing, we will have the needed consultations with Saudi Arabia over the issues of the region in future."
He also called Saudi Arabia as an important regional country with significant influence on regional and global economy, and said the two regional kingpins - Iran and Saudi Arabia - have always had good, age-old ties.
Earlier, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal had also said that Tehran and Riyadh would continue talks over bilateral relations and regional issues in future.
"I met with Iran's former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran and the next meeting was supposed to take place in Riyadh," Saud Al-Faisal said at a joint press conference with his British counterpart William Hague in Jeddah on Tuesday.
The relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia darkened after the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states provoked by Riyadh issued a statement at a ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, accusing Iran of interference in Bahrain's internal affairs.
Iran strongly rejected the claim, and said interference means deploying troops and killing people in a foreign country, alluding to the deployment of the Saudi-led PGCC forces in Bahrain.
in the same regard, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said, "Issues happening in different countries are their internal affairs and other countries should not have military and security interference in their internal affairs and all governments should be encouraged to meet the legitimate demands of their people."
People in Bahrain have been protesting since February 14, demanding an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.
In March, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait deployed their troops in Bahrain to reinforce the brutal armed clampdown against mass protests.
Scores of Bahraini protesters have been killed and many others gone missing in the harsh crackdown since the beginning of the revolution in the Middle Eastern country.
Demonstrators maintain that they will hold their ground until their demands for the overthrow of the Al Khalifa dynasty, freedom and constitutional reform are met.
