PGCC statement against general spirit of relations

Final statement of 32nd Persain Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit was against general spirit of good relations between Islamic Republic of Iran and this regional community, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast said here Wednsday. He noted that IRI expected the statement released by the PGCC would condemn the US spy drone violation of Iran’s air space, but unfortunately, the statement voiced the unilateral position of one of the member states, as well as the US officials' stands. “Peaceful, creative co-existence based on mutual respect and refraining from interfering in internal affairs of other countries are principles of IRI forging policy,” the official underlined. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman added that the governments should be responsible toward their peoples’ demands; widespread crackdown of nations will not bring peace and will develop instability and unrest in the region. Mehmanparast referred to the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities under the IAEA rules and regulations and underscored that it is not a threat against any other country. The final statement issued following the end of the PGCC annual summit in Riyadh, allegedly accused Iran of interfering in the internal affairs of the Persian Gulf nations. It claimed that Iran has a plot to sow dissent and inflame sectarian strife among the PGCC citizens and violates their sovereignty and independence. In the meantime, the Iranian revolutionary Guards, IRGC, displayed an aircraft recently that it said was a US spy drone downed last week by an 'electronic ambush,' a feat that prompted boasts of Iranian technological prowess in the face of increased hostility from the west. The US has built up an air base in Shindand, Afghanistan, with an eye on keeping a long-term presence there to launch surveillance missions and even special spy missions into Iran if deemed necessary in the future. However, in an effort to divide regional countries, the US officials have claimed recently that Iran has tried a plot including an assassination attempt against the Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington. The Iranian officials have strongly dismissed the US allegations as a fabricated scenario which is totally unfounded and described it as worn-out approaches which are based on the old hostile American-Zionist attempt to sow discord among Muslims. It should be noted that since the beginning of 2011, the Muslim world has witnessed popular uprisings and revolutions similar to what happened in Iran in 1979. Tunisia saw the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolution in January, which was soon followed by a revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February. Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have since been the scene of protests against their totalitarian rulers, who have resorted to brutal crackdown on demonstrations to silence their critics. Bahrain and Yemen, however, have experienced the deadliest clashes. Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule. Violence against the defenseless people escalated after a Saudi-led conglomerate of police, security and military forces from the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member states - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar - were dispatched to the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom on March 13 to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.