 Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it was not worried about Iran's Persian Gulf military exercise, saying Tehran does not pose any threat to its neighbors.
| Slightly misleading title in the IRNA article... |
"It is not the first time they have launched military exercises," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told a news conference. "We do not believe that they are a threat to any of their neighbors."
| He's referring to the execise, not the concept of Iran getting nukes. |
| I thought he was engaged in some wishful thinking ... |
The Saudi foreign minister called for a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction. "We don't see a danger in Iran acquiring nuclear energy science for peaceful purposes," he said. "The best policy is not to expand the number of states that own weapons of mass destruction and to end the acquisition of such weapons in the region." |