The meeting in Tehran was the result of the resistance of the Iranian nation and the courage of the armed forces; Iran is the link between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional security. Ali Bagri Keni, Deputy Foreign Policy and International Security of the Secretariat of the Supreme Council for National Security, who emphasizes the role of the resistance of the Iranian nation and the indigenous defense force in the failure of the US and Israel, saw the four-way meeting in Tehran as a sign of a change in the security perception of regional countries; a development that he said emphasized the need for regional cooperation and moving away from unilateral reliance on foreign powers.