Saudi FM Blasts Iranian Assaults, Urges Protection of Red Sea Shipping

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told the UN General Assembly the kingdom had suffered Iranian assaults and pressed for protecting maritime navigation.

• Faisal bin Farhan said Saudi Arabia and regional states had been subjected to Iranian assaults and rejected regional security arrangements based on hegemony.
• He urged the international community to reject Houthi practices in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb and to protect freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
• He called for a region free of weapons of mass destruction, with all peaceful nuclear facilities placed under strict international oversight.
• He expressed Saudi support for the US decision to remove Syria from the state sponsors of terrorism list.
• He reiterated Saudi rejection of any forcible displacement of Palestinians, saying lasting peace depends on the two-state solution.
• He condemned Israel's settlement expansion and called the obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza a violation of international law.
• He welcomed the UN Security Council statement denouncing Houthi attacks and backed Qatari and Pakistani mediation efforts.
• Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan called for the Strait of Hormuz to return to pre-war conditions without tolls.
• He said the security of the Arabian Gulf is linked to global security and reaffirmed the kingdom's stances on Yemen, Sudan, and Iraq.