The Gulf Joint Working Group on Iran between the countries of the Cooperation Council and senior officials of the United States of America held its third meeting yesterday, Wednesday, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Riyadh. alignment with the long-term partnership between the United States and the countries of the Cooperation Council and the shared determination to contribute to achieving regional security and stability through a strategic partnership between the GCC countries and the United States.
The United States and the GCC member states condemned Iran’s ongoing destabilizing policies, including its support for terrorism, the use of advanced missiles, cyber weapons, and unmanned aerial systems, and their deployment in the region and around the world. Iran and its proxies and partners have used this Iranian weapons to carry out attacks targeting civilians, critical infrastructure and international shipping.
The United States and the GCC states have also expressed grave concern about increased military engagement between Iran and state and non-state actors, including Iran’s continued supply of conventional weapons, advanced missiles, and unmanned aerial systems to the Houthis, which have dragged on and escalated the conflict in Yemen. The humanitarian catastrophe is on hand.
The United States and GCC member states stressed that the continued proliferation of these weapons by Iran and their supply to other parties, whether governmental or non-governmental, poses a serious security threat to the region and the world as a whole.
The United States and GCC member states emphasize that the significant progress in the Iranian nuclear program documented by the International Atomic Energy Agency, chief among which is the production of highly enriched uranium, has exceeded Iran’s civilian needs and is a source of a dangerous escalation of regional and international tensions.
Both sides called on Iran to immediately change its position, stop its nuclear provocations, seriously engage in the diplomatic process, and cooperate fully with the IAEA in investigations regarding particles of nuclear material found at undeclared sites in Iran, in line with Iran’s nuclear safeguards commitments. . .
The United States reaffirmed President Biden’s commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The United States and the GCC member states expressed their commitment to enhancing defense cooperation between the two sides and interoperability to enhance their ability to deter Iran’s ability to engage in destabilizing activities and deter it from future aggressive actions, and reaffirmed that diplomacy is the preferred method for dealing with politics Iran, Iran’s destabilization and nuclear escalation on a sustainable basis, and stressed that if the Iranian leadership chooses a better alternative, it will contribute to a more secure and stable region for the benefit of the Iranian people.
Both sides called on the international community to comply with all relevant Security Council resolutions prohibiting the transfer of arms and materiel, emphasizing the importance of following up on accountability mechanisms in this regard.