Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said that “the summit that took place in Jeddah was about partnership with the United States,” noting that “Saudi Arabia’s hand is still extended to Iran, and we are interested in normal relations with it and negotiations with him. “With Iran, it is positive, but it has not reached its goal, and we hope to see development in the future.”
In his speech at the opening of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit, he stressed to US President Joe Biden: “We have taken action against those who committed Khashoggi’s murder, and such mistakes happen, and we treated the institution like a state and brought Khashoggi’s killers to justice, and it happened in the United States. United States”.
Bin Farhan noted that “the Jeddah summit did not discuss military or technical cooperation with Israel at all, and the issue of military or technical cooperation with Israel was not raised at or before the Jeddah summit”, adding: “There is not a single known Arab NATO and I don’t know where it came from. “Name and deed did not go up.”
Bin Farhan stated, “Oil production was not discussed at the Jeddah Security and Development Summit,” explaining that “OPEC+ has an existing system in place to monitor markets and provide them with the energy they need, and this will continue to assess the market situation and do what necessary, and we are constantly talking with Washington about this.”
And he pointed out that “diplomatic solutions are the preferred and only way to deal with Iran, and there are no discussions about defense cooperation between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Israel,” and said that “13 million barrels of oil per day is the maximum “. production capacity that Saudi Arabia will achieve.”
Bin Farhan continued: “The most important thing that the Jeddah summit highlights is the contribution of our countries to setting the global agenda to protect their interests,” noting that “all aircraft from countries in the world will be allowed to cross the airspace of Saudi Arabia, as so far in laws apply in this area, and this transition has nothing to do with the establishment of diplomatic relations.” With Israel, this is not a prelude to other steps,” adding that “there is a lot of coordination between us and the US administration on the Iranian nuclear file.”
Source: El Nashra