Saudi Arabia condemns Iranian attacks on neighbors and ships in Hormuz

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned Iran’s latest attacks on targets in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and vessels along the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement, the Saudi foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom’s “condemnation and rejection in the strongest terms of the targeting of numerous Kuwaiti border posts, an offshore rig belonging to the Kuwait Oil Company, attacks targeting the Kuwaiti General Consulate in the city of Basra and the targeting of two Emirati oil tankers while crossing the Strait of Hormuz.”

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It further condemned the “continuation of Iran to threaten the region’s security and stability by targeting the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Qatar.”

The statement reiterated Saudi Arabia’s “complete rejection” of Iran’s “breach of the sovereignty of brotherly states, its continuation of its behavior destabilizing to the region’s security and stability, its breach of the basics of international law, the UN Charter, the charter of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the basics of good neighborliness.”

It stressed that Riyadh would hold Tehran responsible for the aforementioned actions and demanded its immediate cessation of these “transgressions to maintain the region’s security, stability and peace,” further expressing solidarity with the “brotherly states” and support for “whatever measure” they would take to maintain their sovereignty.

Iran earlier that day launched strikes on targets in neighboring countries and ships along the strait in response to the US striking targets across Iran.

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