Foreign: al-Jaafari sought to ease the tension between Riyadh and Tehran and the success of our initiative depends on the goodwill

01/07/2016 15:38



Long-Presse / Baghdad

, Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday that the tour Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in a number of capitals of countries in the region comes as part of a diplomatic initiative to reduce the tension between Tehran and Riyadh, as pointed out that the success of the initiative depends on the "sincerity of intentions and the adoption of the approach of wisdom."

The Foreign Ministry, in a statement, received (range Press), a copy of which, "The tour meetings by the foreign minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in a number of capitals of countries in the region comes in the context of the Iraqi diplomatic initiative aimed to reduce the tension between Iran and Saudi governments , to prevent further escalation that could threaten the security and stability of the Gulf region, and the whole of the region. "

The statement pointed out, that "the success of the initiative, will depend on the amount of good faith by all parties in addition to the need to take a number of steps announced to defuse the crisis, and to rely on the wisdom and prudence approach to treat."

The Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in the announced, (the sixth of January 2016) Iraq moved the Arab world for "calm the atmosphere between Riyadh and Tehran in a peaceful manner," and while stressing that the repercussions of the crisis "will drag the region to a war not a winner in", he pointed out that Iran "were not with any attack and seek peace."

The Saudi Interior Ministry announced on Saturday (01/02/2016) execution with 47 people on charges of "terrorism", including the cleric Nimr.

He denounced the supreme religious authority Ali al-Sistani, on Sunday (January 42 016), the execution of the Saudi authorities cleric Nimr al-Nimr, and comforted the people of Qatif the execution of "collection of their brothers," while consoled families "bereaved sons in this patient."

He had been executed cleric Nimr in Iraq to condemn the widespread, as the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the execution of the tiger is extremely regrettable and severe shock will not only bring more destruction and devastation, as called for the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr lovers of Ahl al-Bayt and the Shia in the Gulf to get out demonstrations angry protest against the execution of the tiger and demanded the Iraqi government to refrain from opening the Saudi embassy in Baghdad, demanded that the parliamentary call for mass closure of the Saudi embassy and the execution of Saudi detainees in Iraq.

With Iran recorded the angry reactions where protesters attacked the headquarters of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the scene and set fire to two and pulled down the Saudi flag, with Saudi Arabia then responded to break off diplomatic relations with Tehran, for the intervention of then Bahrain and Sudan in the crisis and announced the expulsion of Iranian diplomatic missions and cut ties with it, The Emirates merely reducing diplomatic representation in Tehran.

The Court of Criminal Appeal and the Supreme Court ratified in Saudi Arabia, in (25 October 2015), the primary judgment in October 2014, the judge and the execution of the opposition Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.

Saudi police forces arrested in July 2012, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shiite cleric, on charges of sedition in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia, after injuring his leg was shot during an exchange of fire with the police.

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