RIYADH — The GCC Ministerial Council affirmed Sunday that member states will take all obligatory measures to defend their safety and stability, together with the choice of responding to unjustified Iranian aggression towards Gulf international locations.
The council held its fiftieth extraordinary assembly through videoconference on Sunday, chaired by Dr. Abdullatif Al-Zayani, Bahrain’s Overseas Minister and present president of the Ministerial Council.
The assembly was attended by UAE Minister of State Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar; Saudi Overseas Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan; Oman’s Overseas Minister Badr Al Busaidi; Qatar’s Prime Minister and Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani; Kuwait’s Overseas Minister Sheikh Jarrah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; and GCC Secretary-Normal Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi.
The council convened to debate the Iranian missile and drone assaults concentrating on the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait, which started on Feb. 28.
Ministers reviewed the numerous harm attributable to the treacherous assaults on civilian amenities, service websites and residential areas, leading to materials losses and posing threats to the protection of residents and residents.
Additionally they mentioned steps to coordinate efforts geared toward restoring safety, stability and peace within the area.
The council strongly condemned the assaults on GCC states and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, describing them as a critical violation of sovereignty, rules of fine neighborliness, worldwide regulation and the UN Constitution. It pressured that concentrating on civilians and civilian infrastructure constitutes a grave breach of worldwide humanitarian regulation.
The council affirmed full solidarity amongst member states, emphasizing that the safety of GCC international locations is indivisible and that any assault on one member state is taken into account a direct assault on all, in accordance with the GCC Constitution and the Joint Protection Settlement.
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It reiterated that member states reserve their authorized proper to reply beneath Article 51 of the UN Constitution, which ensures the fitting of particular person and collective self-defense, and to take all obligatory measures to safeguard their sovereignty, safety and stability.
The ministers praised the effectivity and readiness of the armed forces and air protection techniques in member states, noting their position in intercepting missile and drone assaults, neutralizing threats and defending lives and demanding infrastructure.
The council mentioned that regardless of diplomatic efforts by GCC states to keep away from escalation — and regardless of assurances that their territories wouldn’t be used to launch assaults towards Iran — Tehran continued navy operations concentrating on Gulf states.
It known as for a direct halt to the assaults to revive safety and stability, and pressured the significance of safeguarding regional airspace, maritime routes and international provide chains, in addition to guaranteeing stability in international vitality markets.
The council urged the worldwide group to sentence the assaults and known as on the UN Safety Council to imagine its duties by taking a agency and fast stance to stop additional violations that threaten regional and worldwide peace.
It expressed appreciation for international locations that condemned the Iranian assaults and voiced solidarity with GCC states.
The council reaffirmed that GCC international locations have persistently supported dialogue and negotiations with Iran, praising Oman’s position in mediation efforts, and pressured that diplomacy stays the one path to resolving the disaster and preserving regional and worldwide stability.
