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Iranian FM Dismisses Closure of Bahraini, Saudi Missions in Tehran
TEHRAN, May 2 (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi dismissed a demand by certain political groups for the closure of the Bahraini and Saudi embassies in Tehran, stressing that such measures will not resolve any problem.
"We should keep diplomatic channels open and should hold necessary negotiations very explicitly and raise our demands based on the principles of international relations and relations between the governments and without any interference in the other countries' affairs," Salehi told reporters on Sunday on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting here in Tehran, adding that Iran believes in these principles.
"We will discuss our issues explicitly like what we did in the past and the closure of embassies does not seem to be a step towards the settlement of issues," he added.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Bahrain's charge d'affaires in Tehran to protest at the expulsion of an Iranian diplomat from Manama.
Bahrain's authorities issued an order last Monday asking the second-secretary of the Iranian embassy in Manama to leave the country in 72 hours.
During the Wednesday meeting with the Bahraini charge d'affaires, Director-General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry for the Persian Gulf and Middle-Eastern Affairs rejected Manama's allegations about the Iranian diplomat as "baseless".
"Iran reserves the right to take retaliatory measures against Bahrain," warned the Iranian official.
On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast rejected Bahrain's allegations against the Iranian diplomat, warning Manama of retaliatory measures.
Mehman-Parast said that such baseless accusations harm regional peace and stability and serve the plots hatched by some foreign countries to create a rift among the regional states.
"We should keep diplomatic channels open and should hold necessary negotiations very explicitly and raise our demands based on the principles of international relations and relations between the governments and without any interference in the other countries' affairs," Salehi told reporters on Sunday on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting here in Tehran, adding that Iran believes in these principles.
"We will discuss our issues explicitly like what we did in the past and the closure of embassies does not seem to be a step towards the settlement of issues," he added.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Bahrain's charge d'affaires in Tehran to protest at the expulsion of an Iranian diplomat from Manama.
Bahrain's authorities issued an order last Monday asking the second-secretary of the Iranian embassy in Manama to leave the country in 72 hours.
During the Wednesday meeting with the Bahraini charge d'affaires, Director-General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry for the Persian Gulf and Middle-Eastern Affairs rejected Manama's allegations about the Iranian diplomat as "baseless".
"Iran reserves the right to take retaliatory measures against Bahrain," warned the Iranian official.
On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast rejected Bahrain's allegations against the Iranian diplomat, warning Manama of retaliatory measures.
Mehman-Parast said that such baseless accusations harm regional peace and stability and serve the plots hatched by some foreign countries to create a rift among the regional states.
