The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, called on Sunday for a unified international stance to stop Iran from supporting militias and meddling in the affairs of other states.
In his speech at the first EU-Arab League summit held in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, King Salman said that Iran’s support for Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and other militias in the region, as well as its aggressive practices and blatant interference in the affairs of other countries, require a unified international stance to force it into abiding by international law and ending its nuclear and ballistic weapons program.
The Kingdom is keen on a political solution to the Yemeni crisis in line with the Gulf initiative, the results of the Yemeni national dialogue, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216, he said.
King Salman said that Riyadh exerted great efforts to ensure the success of the negotiations that took place between Yemen’s warring sides in the Swedish capital Stockholm last December.
He called for the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement and for “holding the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militias responsible for the situation in Yemen.”
In his speech, King Salman also stressed the priority of the Palestinian cause, reiterating Saudi Arabia’s steadfast position toward restoring all the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
The King praised European efforts to find a just solution for the Palestinian cause.
He also lauded the “historic” relations between the Arab world and the European Union, hoping that the summit would further enhance those ties.
