Saudi Gazette report

Rome — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir, currently on a visit to Italy, reiterated that the Qatar crisis should be solved within the framework of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Speaking at a joint press conference with his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano here on Friday, Jubeir expressed hope that the voice of wisdom in Qatar will prevail.

He said he explained to Alfano that the decisions taken by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt against Qatar were due to Doha’s support and finance of terrorism, harboring of terrorists, incitement, spreading of hatred and interference in other countries’ internal affairs.

“We provided our Qatari brothers with a set of demands that fall within these principles and we hope that the wisdom in Qatar will prevail and it will respond positively to these demands so that we can put an end to this page and go ahead,” Jubeir said.

“There should be no tolerance for extremism and terrorism. We must find solutions to these problems,” he said, adding, “We are determined to continue to see the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and develop our economy and standard of living. Dealing with terrorism and extremism complicates this process."

On relations with Iran, the Saudi foreign minister said, “Iran interferes in the internal affairs of countries, ignites sectarianism, cultivates terrorist cells in our countries, violates international agreements with regard to ballistic missiles, dispatches its Revolutionary Guards to Syria, Iraq and Yemen, and smuggles weapons and explosives to Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen.”

On the peace process in the Middle East, Jubeir said the only way for peace is the establishment of two states for two peoples with east Al-Quds as the capital of the Palestinians.

“We must push the parties to this direction with the hope that wisdom prevails and that people can pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque without interference.”