(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) CAIRO, Nov 19 (KUNA) -- Arab foreign ministers have decided to take the Iranian interferences in Arab internal affairs to the United Nations Security Council.
In a statement following their extraordinary meeting at the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo Sunday, the Arab foreign ministers assigned the Arab delegates to the UN to demand the UNSC to tackle the Iranian violation of the UNSC resolution No. 2231 on the development of ballistic missiles.
They stressed the Iranian ballistic missile development is offensive not defensive program and it poses a real menace to the Arab national security.
They asked the Arab delegates to submit a request to the UNSC president to clarify Iran's breaching of the UNSC resolution No. 2216 through supplying terrorist militias in Yemen with weaponry, notably ballistic missiles.
They condemned the Yemeni terrorist militias' firing of Iranian-made ballistic missile at the Saudi capital Riyadh, considering it a hostile action from Iran against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a threat to the Arab and international security and stability.
The foreign ministers urged the UNSC to shoulder its responsibility towards such a threat to the international security and stability.
They voiced unequivocal backing to the Saudi Arabia's right to defend its security and to any other Saudi measure to counter the Iranian violations in accordance with the international laws.
They denounced the Iran's training and provision of weapons to the terrorists in Bahrain as well as its continued occupation of three Emirati islands.
They slammed the Lebanese Hezbollah's spreading of extremist ideologies, instigating of sectarian conflicts and support to terrorist groups in several Arab countries.
They decided to stop the transmission of all Iran-financed and sectarian TV channels through Arab satellites. (Pickup previous) mfm.rg.ibi
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