Iran faced international opprobrium on Wednesday for the violent attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the Saudi Consulate in Mashhad.
Qatar and Djibouti recalled their ambassadors to Iran on Wednesday.
“The ministry called back Qatar’s ambassador to Tehran against the backdrop of attacks on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran,” the Qatari News Agency quoted Khaled Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al-Hamar, the director of the Asian Affairs Department, as saying.
“Djibouti has cut its diplomatic ties with Iran out of solidarity with Saudi Arabia,” said Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
Jordan’s King Abdallah called Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Wednesday and stressed Amman’s support for Riyadh’s recent steps. King Salman thanked King Abdallah. Earlier, Jordan summoned Iran’s ambassador in Amman to condemn the attack on the Saudi Embassy and “Iranian interference” in Arab affairs.
Amman stressed its condemnation “of the Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Arab states,” Petra said. It also rejected Iranian statements it said represented “interference in internal Saudi affairs.”
Oman described the attacks on Saudi diplomatic posts in Iran as unacceptable. Oman’s Foreign Affairs Ministry emphasized “the importance of establishing new norms (to) prohibit any form of interference in the internal affairs of other states in order to achieve stability and peace.”
In Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan said executions in Saudi Arabia were a domestic issue.
In a speech to local officials in Ankara, Erdogan said those who remained silent about the deaths of people in Syria’s civil war were now causing uproar over the execution of one person in Saudi Arabia.
Erdogan dismissed suggestions that the executions were aimed at provoking tensions and also said the attack on the Saudi mission was “unacceptable”.
“Only three (of those executed) were Shiites,” said Erdogan.
In Baghdad, Iraq offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
“We cannot stay silent in this crisis,” Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari said at a news conference in Tehran. It was not immediately clear what role Baghdad could play as a mediator.(ARAB NEWS)
Link: http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/861531
20
