Amman, March 8 (Petra) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi participated on Sunday in an extraordinary session of the League of Arab States Council at the ministerial level, held via videoconference and chaired by the United Arab Emirates.
The meeting was convened at the request of Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and Egypt to discuss Iranian attacks on Arab countries.
In his remarks during the meeting, Safadi affirmed Jordan’s condemnation of what he described as unjustified Iranian attacks targeting the kingdom and fellow Gulf Arab states.
Safadi stressed Jordan’s full solidarity with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and its support for any steps taken by them to confront the Iranian attacks and protect their citizens, security, stability, and sovereignty, adding that Arab states also stand with Jordan in confronting the Iranian attacks.
Safadi said that the security of Arab states is indivisible and requires a clear stance in confronting such attacks.
"Arab countries are facing brutal attacks targeting their security, stability, sovereignty, citizens, residents and facilities. We must stand united to confront these attacks," he said.
Safadi also affirmed Jordan’s solidarity with Lebanon in protecting its security and stability and in enforcing state sovereignty over all its territory, stressing the need for intensified and joint efforts to protect Lebanon and halt the aggression against it.
He underlined the importance of continuing joint action to support the Palestinian people and their right to freedom and to a state on their national soil, warning that Arab national security faces challenges and threats that require reassessing, adjusting and developing mechanisms to protect it "so that we present a genuine position in confronting the challenges ahead." Safadi proposed that the next regular session of the Arab League Council at the level of foreign ministers later this month focus on that issue, stressing the importance of continued efforts to consolidate security and stability and adopting dialogue as the means to resolve disputes.
The meeting adopted a resolution condemning Iranian attacks on Arab states and affirming Arab solidarity in confronting them.
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