Identical Letters Dated 22 March 2021 From The Permanent Representative Of Qatar To The United Nations Addressed To The Secretary-General And The President Of The Security Council≪

  • Reference: S/2021/285
Arab affairs and national security 

Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Arab States

The Council of the League of Arab States at the ministerial level,

Decides

1. To emphasize that cooperative relations between the Arab States and the Islamic Republic of Iran must be based on the principles of good-neighbourly relations and refraining from the use or threat of force; to denounce Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Arab States, as that is a violation of the norms of international law and the principles of good-neighbourly relations and State sovereignty; and to call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to refrain from taking provocative actions that undermine confidence-building and threaten security and stability in the region; 

2. To condemn the policy of the Government of Iran and its ongoing interference in Arab affairs, which only fuels sectarian and religious conflicts; to underscore that it must refrain from supporting groups that fan such conflicts, particularly in the Arab States of the Gulf; to call on it to halt its support for and funding of militias and armed parties in Arab States; 

3. To condemn strongly the continued deployment of drones and firing of Iranian-made ballistic and other missiles by Iranian-affiliated Houthi terrorist militias from Yemeni territory towards Saudi Arabia; to consider that action to be a blatant act of aggression against Saudi Arabia and a threat to Arab national security; to reaffirm the legitimate right of Saudi Arabia to defend its territory pursuant to Artic le 51 of the Charter of the United Nations; and to support any measures that Saudi Arabia decides to take, within the framework of international law, in response to Iranian violations; 

4. To condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks on Saudi Ar amco facilities on 14 September 2019, in which Iranian-made weapons were deployed against the Buqayq and Khurays oilfields; to welcome the report issued by the United Nations on 30 June 2020, in which it is emphasized that the Iranian regime bears responsibility for such acts of sabotage; to express its full support for Saudi Arabia and for all measures that it may take to secure its territory and confront attacks on its oil installations, as such attacks pose a threat to Arab national security; to condemn the sabotage of commercial ships in the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf of Oman; to emphasize the need for a strong and determined stand against any Iranian attempts to threaten the energy security, freedom and safety of offshore facilities in the Arabian Gulf and other maritime corridors, which pose a clear and serious threat to security and peace in the region and the world, and jeopardize the stability of the global economy;

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