Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia has said that Saudi Arabia sees Iran as a neighboring country, which indicates that Riyadh wants to establish good relations with Tehran. Is.
"We don't want relations with Iran to deteriorate, on the contrary, we want Iran to develop," he said in a televised interview with Al Arabiya. Our interests are with Iran and Iran's with Saudi Arabia. By promoting bilateral relations, we can move the region and the world towards development and prosperity. Mohammad bin Salman said that our problem is the result of Iran's negative attitude, whether it has a nuclear program or the law in some countries in the region. Support militias outside or have a ballistic missile program. All of these are obstacles to moving our relationship forward. He also stressed that Saudi Arabia is working with its allies in the region and around the world to find a solution to its problems with Iran.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman also stressed that Saudi Arabia cannot accept the presence of armed militias on its borders as they pose a threat to the security of the armed group. He invited Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen to sit at the negotiating table. He said the Houthi rebels have close ties with the Iranian government. The Houthi uprising against the constitutional government is illegal in Yemen. Prince Mohammed bin Salman said that there is no doubt that the Houthis have close ties with the Iranian government, but the Houthis are Yemenis and their identity is with the Yemeni Arabs. Is. I hope that the Houthis of Yemen will put the interests of their country first.
He hoped that the Houthis would sit at the negotiating table and find a solution to the problems that would guarantee the rights of all Yemenis and the interests of the countries of the region. It does not accept the existence of an armed organization, the Houthis will have to accept a ceasefire and they will have to sit at the negotiating table.