18-04-2024 09:11 PM Jerusalem Timing

Zarif Says Childish Policy on Syria Backfires against Saudis

Zarif Says Childish Policy on Syria Backfires against Saudis

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed on Thursday that the wrong policy adopted by the Saudi Arabia towards Syria badly affects the kingdom in the first place.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad ZarifIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed on Thursday that the wrong policy adopted by the Saudi Arabia towards Syria badly affects the kingdom in the first place.

"Saudi Arabia is adopting a childish policy towards Syria which backfires against it before other countries, in an attempt to restore the pre-nuclear agreement situation."

In a speech he delivered during the "Legal Implications of Nuclear Agreement and Internal and International Investment" forum, Zarif said that "the nuclear deal and negotiations broke the barrier of fear of Iran."

"Break this fear was not an achievement by the government and the negotiators only, but by the Iranian people as well," he added.

Zarif pointed out that the West countries do not constitute a single entity and a united system, elaborating that some western states believe the conflict with Iran a continuation of their existence, because "those who cannot justify bombing innocent people in Yemen today are wishing that these crimes will continue under the cover of intimidation of Iran".

"Those who cannot justify the blockade of Gaza and the killing of innocent people in Lebanon during the July 2006 war and the war on Gaza in 2008, are wishing that the atmosphere of intimidation of Iran would remain."

Moreover, Zarif stressed the need for the West and the regional states to understand the real threat of the so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group and the realities on the ground in the region.

Upon arriving in Munich on Thursday, he told the reporters that western and regional states should reach a rational solution to end the Syrian crisis.

Zarif - who is visiting the German city to attend the Munich Meeting on Syria as well as Munich Security Conference - reiterated that "We also believe that settlement of the Syrian crisis has been delayed due to certain wrong policies and irrational and illegal preconditions."

Noting that a lot of time has been wasted, the minister added that those outside Syria are duty-bound to facilitate the process of peace not setting conditions and preconditions for the public.

He further noted that the earlier round of Syrian peace talks was suspended due to the obstacles created in the way of the negotiations.

"Currently, we are at a very significant juncture and the talks must be pursued seriously," he said.

Munich Meeting is to be attended by foreign ministers of 15 countries and representatives of the regional and international institutes.