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Sunday, May 19, 2019
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Sunday, May 19, 2019
Saudis call for regional talks to combat Iran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia is calling for emergency regional talks to discuss mounting Gulf tensions.
King Salman invited Gulf leaders and Arab League member states to two emergency summits in Mecca on May 30 to discuss recent “aggressions and their consequences,” the kingdom’s official SPA news agency reports.
The UAE’s foreign ministry agres the current “critical circumstances” require a unified Arab and Gulf stance.
The meetings will be a “significant opportunity for the countries of the region to achieve their aspirations for establishing peace and stability,” it says.
Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, says his country does not want to go to war with Iran but would defend itself.
— AFP
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