Tehran, YJC. Iranian diplomat said on Monday that Iran has taken steps to exchange views with Saudi Arabia as a major regional country.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks answering the question on Tehran’s
position towards Riyadh as an influential player in the region.
Pointing to the neighbor countries’ potentials to help
regional countries overcome terrorist threats, he expressed optimism about the
future of both countries’ relations.
Amir-Abdollahian pointed to the weak or incompetent
governments in the region as the basic problem on the way of eradicating
terrorism from the region as, he said, terrorism is the most serious threat to
the region.
He said that lack of effective cooperation among regional
countries as well as weakness of certain regional states were key factors
leading to a security and political gap in western Asia.
Amir-Abdollahian expressed pity that certain regional
countries are linked to the extremist and terrorist groups which are in turn
working with some intelligence services from outside of the region.
He pointed out that extremism and violence would benefit no
regional country.
The official also emphasized that preventing foreign intervention
in the regional affairs is a key factor in overcoming current security crisis
in the region.