Six Gulf Arab countries pledged with British Prime Minister May to counter Iran’s activities following the nuclear deal with world powers.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The leaders from six Gulf Arab countries and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed on Wednesday, December 7, to counter the “destabilizing activities” of Iran, a vow to calm the nerves after Iran entered into a nuclear agreement with world powers.
The meeting of the minds among Arab countries and the British Prime Minister came at the end of a two-day summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council held in Bahrain.
The Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional block of Western-allied countries including Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The aforementioned Gulf nations, especially Saudi Arabia which is ruled by the Sunni, have guarded with concern as Iran backed Shiite rebels in Yemen and supported embattled President Bashar Al Assad of Syria.
The war against rebels in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, is in progress while a commander issued at the end of the meeting called for an “enduring political settlement based on transition away from the Assad regime” in Syria.
The communique read that a military movement cannot solve the armed civil conflicts in the region.
Prime Minister May suggested that all parties help each other to “push back against the aggressive regional actions of Iran, whether in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen or in the Gulf itself”.
May’s remarks came after Great Britain was a party to the nuclear deal that limited the ability of Iran to enrich Uranium in exchange for the lifting of some economic penalties.
Bahram Ghasemi, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Iran, responded to May’s remarks and was quoted by ISNA news agency saying that the United Kingdom is “not in a position to accuse others of interfering in the affairs of the region”.
Iran believes that May’s statements seem to be trying to sign new massive arms agreements between some Arab states of the Persian Gulf and the UK.