Dec 10, 2018 16:29 Asia/Tehran [Updated: Oct 04, 2019 12:00 Asia/Tehran]
  • Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi
    Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) should take Kuwaiti Emir's approach towards Iran.

Iran Press/Iran NewsIran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Bahram Qasemi said that the Kuwaiti Emir's approach towards Iran has been largely benevolent in recent years, so if this approach is accepted and implemented by PGCC Secretariat General instead of issuing anti-Iran statements, less costs would be imposed on the nations of the region.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman made the remarks a day after the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) held its annual meeting in Saudi capital Riyadh, Iran Press reported.

Saying that the Riyadh summit showed the continuation of unconstructive PGCC approach, Ghasemi expressed his regret over the Council final statement, in which some baseless accusations were levelled against Iran again.

The PGCC can take a logical and an independent approach to resolve misunderstandings ,internal and external disputes and avoid divisive policies, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman stressed. 

“The PGCC seems to be influenced by some of its members' wrong and destructive policies and behaviors as a cover for expressing positions that are in continuation of the past mistakes,” the spokesman added.

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From Iran's point of view, the positions expressed in the final statement of the Riyadh meeting does not necessarily reflect the position of all its members, and the failure of Saudi Arabia to achieve its goals at the meeting can be seen in the disagreements between the text of the statement and the practical approach of some of its members towards the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Qasemi underlined.

In apparent reference to Kuwait and Oman, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman went on to note that some PGCC members have always had a proper understanding of the policy of the neighborliness of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and have always been pioneered in reducing misunderstandings.

With regard to the claims on the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb, the spokesman said “repeating baseless claims on the Iranian islands will not change the historical and geographical realities of the region, and the three islands are an indispensable part of Iran's territories and will remain so.”

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