ARAB NEWS
April 1, 2011
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article339622.ece
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned a statement issued by Iranian authorities that demanded Saudi Arabia to pull its forces out of Bahrain and describing the Saudi policy in the Gulf as playing with fire.
An official source of the Saudi government said, "It condemned in strong terms the irresponsible statement issued in the name of the Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy of the Council of Iranian Islamic Shoura which described the Saudi policy in the Gulf region as playing with fire and demanded the Kingdom to withdraw its forces from Bahrain," the Saudi Press agency reported on Friday.
"The statement (of the Iranian committee) ignores the premeditated interference in the internal matters of the countries in the region violating the sovereignty and independence of those countries. It also attempts to stoke sedition and incite trouble with hostile policies contravening international laws and norms and principles of good neighborliness. The latest instance of Iran's brazen interference was in Kuwait where it used a network, linked to the Iranian mission, to plot against that country," the Saudi statement said.
The source added that the promoters of these lies forget, or pretend to forget, that Iran has no right to violate the sovereignty of the kingdom of Bahrain or poke its nose into Bahrain's or any other country's affairs, or to attempt to deny Bahrain's legitimate right to seek the help of the forces of the Peninsula Shield Force. The right of seeking help of the force is guaranteed to Bahrain as part of the agreements of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Bahrain like any other GCC member country has the right to seek the help of the force for the defense of its country, its peace, its security and its people and properties, the statement said.