Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud has said in the words that the Middle East has become safer than ever by killing Lieutenant General Qasem Solaimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Force or IRSC's Quds Force. General Kasem Solaimani was leading the fight against the extremist terrorist groups that had been ousted in Syria and Iraq.
In an interview to US television channel CNN yesterday (Monday), the Saudi Foreign Minister said he believed the United States had killed General Qasim Solaimani for their own self-defense. The Saudi Foreign Minister also said that he agreed with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo says the Middle East has become much safer by killing Gen. Soleimani.
The Saudi Foreign Minister said in an interview yesterday that he was not seeing any change in Iran's behavior even after the assassination of General Soleimani. "All the statements coming from Iran are positive, but I would urge them again that they will behave in a way that helps establish regional stability," Farhan said.
Earlier on Thursday, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Adel al-Zubair said relations with Iran would be possible only if they become a normal state. In response to his remarks, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zawad Zarif said no normal country transforms its consulate into a slaughterhouse and attacks its neighbors. In the meantime, Javad Zarif points to the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashogi and Saudi aggression in Yemen at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
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