British Prime Minister Theresa May and leaders from six Gulf Arab countries agree to counter Iran’s “destabilizing activities,” a pledge meant to calm nerves following the nuclear deal with world powers.
The decision comes at the end of a two-day summit in Bahrain of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional bloc of Western-allied countries including the tiny island nation, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, attends a Gulf Cooperation Council summit on December 7, 2016, in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP)
Those Gulf nations, especially the Sunni-ruled kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have watched with concern as Iran backed Shiite rebels in Yemen and supported embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad.
May says all parties must “work together to push back against Iran’s aggressive regional actions, whether in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria or in the Gulf itself.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi responds to May’s statements by saying the UK is, “not in a position to accuse others of interfering in regional affairs,” according to Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency.
— AP
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