Gharibabadi: We hope to establish a regional security mechanism without foreign powers in the near future.
Kazem Garibabadi, Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs, said in a special interview for the news:
Following the two wars and especially the second war, i.e. the 40-day war, which gained regional dimensions, most of the countries of the region came to the conclusion that the security of the region is an endogenous issue and cannot depend on external powers; Most of the countries at the southern end of the Persian Gulf hosted American military bases and even paid the costs of some of these bases themselves, thinking that the United States would create some kind of commitment to guarantee their security, but now they realized that the presence of military and foreign bases does not necessarily bring security to these countries and the region. Referring to the joint dependence of the countries of the region on the Strait of Hormuz for the export of oil and chemical products and the import of petrochemical and related goods, the Deputy Foreign Minister added: We are now in consultation with all these countries, and a very important meeting was held recently in the presence of the Honorable Secretary General of the High Representative of the State of Saudi Arabia, the National Security Council of Saudi Arabia, and the representatives of the National Security Council of Saudi Arabia, of Pakistan. Focus on the axis of regional security and how to maintain security without the presence of foreign powers.
This process must be developed and every time we talk with neighboring countries, especially in the Persian Gulf region, this is one of the central axes of this issue; Today, this acceptance was established among the countries of the region, and I hope that in a day not far off we will be able to create a mechanism to ensure the security of the region through the capabilities of these countries.