RIYADH: The Kingdom has condemned a statement issued by Iranian authorities calling on Saudi Arabia to pull its forces out of Bahrain and describing the Saudi policy in the Gulf as “playing with fire”. An official source said the Kingdom condemns 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 of the Kingdom to withdraw its forces from Bahrain, SPA reported Friday. “The statement ignores the Iranian 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 source said. The source said the promoters of these lies forget, or pretend to forget, that Iran has no right to violate the sovereignty 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 Peninsula Shield Force.
