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Saudi Arabia slams Iran for blaming it for attack

Islamabad: Iran was criticised by Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir on Monday for blaming the kingdom for last week's attack that had killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.

Saudi Arabia slams Iran for blaming it for attack

Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs

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Published : Feb 18, 2019, 5:21 PM IST

Initially Iran had accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for being behind the attack but later said that the attack was planned from "inside Pakistan."

Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs

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Later the Iranian officials accused Pakistan for the attack as the militant Sunni group Jaish al-Adl, which claimed responsibility for the attack, is believed to operate from Pakistan.

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Attacking Iran Adel al-Jubeir said, "I find it strange that the foreign minister of the country (referring to Iran) that is chief sponsor of terrorism - not by my definition, but by the world's definition - would try to assign blame to others for problems in their own country."

Al-Jubeir spoke on Monday in Islamabad as part of Saudi Crown Prince Salman's entourage, where the Prince is on a two-day visit to Pakistan.

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Initially Iran had accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for being behind the attack but later said that the attack was planned from "inside Pakistan."

Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs

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Later the Iranian officials accused Pakistan for the attack as the militant Sunni group Jaish al-Adl, which claimed responsibility for the attack, is believed to operate from Pakistan.

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Attacking Iran Adel al-Jubeir said, "I find it strange that the foreign minister of the country (referring to Iran) that is chief sponsor of terrorism - not by my definition, but by the world's definition - would try to assign blame to others for problems in their own country."

Al-Jubeir spoke on Monday in Islamabad as part of Saudi Crown Prince Salman's entourage, where the Prince is on a two-day visit to Pakistan.

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Islamabad - 18 February 2019
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1. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, talking
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs:
"Iran has been facilitating the transport of terrorists across its territory and so the last country in the world to accuse others of supporting of terrorism is Iran. Saudi Arabia has been the victim of terrorism. We have been vigilant, and we have been unmerciful in going after the terrorists and those who support them and condone them and finance them. We will continue to do so. We wish to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from the face of this planet."
3. Qureshi and al-Jubeir at news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs:
"I find it strange that the foreign minister of the country (referring to Iran) that is chief sponsor of terrorism - not by my definition, but by the world's definition - would try to assign blame to others for problems in their own country."
5. Qureshi and al-Jubeir at news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan's Foreign Minister:
"Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have had commonality of views on a host of issues and we have worked closely together in the past and God willing we will do so in future as well."
7. Qureshi and al-Jubeir at news conference
STORYLINE:
Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs criticised Iran on Monday for initially blaming the kingdom for last week's attack that killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
Adel al-Jubeir said the allegations by Iran, as a "chief sponsor of terrorism," sought to divert the attention of the Iranian people.
Iranian officials had at first said Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were behind the attack but later said the attack was planned from "inside Pakistan."
The militant Sunni group Jaish al-Adl, which claimed responsibility, is believed to operate from havens in Pakistan.
Al-Jubeir spoke on Monday in Islamabad as part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's entourage.
The prince is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, which has close ties to the kingdom and often balances between Riyadh and Tehran.
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