REPORT: Gulf nations call on all "foreign forces" to withdraw from Syria

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REPORT: Gulf nations call on all "foreign forces" to withdraw from Syria
Gulf Arab states welcomed Iran's "new direction" under President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday, but said the Islamic Republic should do more to promote stability in a region that has long viewed it with mistrust.
    
The Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf Arab oil producers, especially regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia, see Shi'ite Iran as their chief rival and worry that its interim nuclear deal with world powers last month could signal a resurgence in its influence.
    
But the language used by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit was markedly toned down from last year when Gulf Arab leaders condemned what they called Iran's interference in their countries' internal affairs, and called on it to halt actions that "increased tension and threatened the region's security".
    
At the end of a two-day summit in Kuwait on Wednesday, the GCC, which groups Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, called for good neighbourly relations with Iran based on "non-interference in internal affairs".
    
A communique read by GCC Secretary General Abdullatif al-Zayani said: "The GCC welcomed the new direction of the Iranian leadership towards the GCC countries, in the hope that this direction will be followed with tangible steps that will reflect positively ... on peace, security and stability in the region."
    
Since taking office in August, Rouhani has overseen a gradual warming in Iran's foreign relationships, culminating in a Nov. 24 interim nuclear deal with world powers.
    
Tehran agreed to limit uranium enrichment in return for an easing of international sanctions. GCC states see this as a step towards curbing what they fear is a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program. Tehran says its program is peaceful.

This as they also called for the withdrawal of foreign forces taking part in the Syrian conflict.

In response, Syria strongly condemned the The GCC's statement on Syria, particularly as countries who "support and practice terrorism".


AP/REUTERS


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