Iran denounces accusations by Arab quartet committee
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected an anti-iran statement by the Arab Quartet Ministerial Committee as “baseless and insulting”.
Qassemi on Friday slammed as “bogus, baseless, delusional and insulting” the allegations against Iran, raised in the final statement of a session of the committee ahead of the Arab League summit slated to be held in the Saudi city of Dammam on Sunday, IRNA reported.
“All contents of the statement of the four-party Arab committee – held with the Arab League secretary general in attendance – are false and groundless, and the continuation of a process that would unfortunately steer the region further away from stability and calm,” Qassemi said, as reported by Tasnim News Agency.
In the statement, foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt condemned what they called Iranian interferences in the internal affairs of Arab countries.
Deploring the hostile stances and destructive ideologies that form the basis of the statement, Qassemi bemoaned the fact that certain states insist on hostility toward Iran and repeat their mistakes by ignoring the main and common enemy of Muslims.
The spokesman finally expressed the hope that participants of an upcoming Arab League summit could develop a clear understanding of the factors behind the current regional crises without any double-standards, and contribute toward Islamic and Arab unity under a realistic approach with an eye to the political history of the region.