|
Bahrain seeks peaceful solution to US-Iran rift
Bahrain has said the current tension between the United States and Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme must not lead to a military confrontation.
| It doesn't have to. But neither can the current situation continue. |
Manama wants to see the issue left to the International Atomic Energy Agency to decide the appropriate course of action, Bahrain Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa was quoted yesterday as saying. "Iran has accepted the IAEA's inspection and we hope the UN watchdog would do its job and avoid any confrontation," he said in an interview with Bahrain newspapers in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa's visit on Wednesday to the UAE. "We have always called for a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction. But we also say let the IAEA deal with this issue," he added.
Posted by: Fred 2005-02-05 |
