Foreign Ministry rejects PGCC's 'unconstructive' communiqué amid diplomatic moves

Foreign Ministry strongly condemns a thoroughly anti-Tehran communiqué issued at the end of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC)'s most recent summit, stressing the Islamic Republic will brook no meddling in its internal affairs, including its peaceful nuclear program.

According to Press TV, the PGCC's members gathered for the regional grouping's annual summit on Tuesday, repeating the body's long-held Iranophobic claims concerning the Islamic Republic's nuclear energy program, defensive missile work, and regional influence.

Speaking on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh roundly rejected the allegations, considering them to be "continuation of the unconstructive and wrong attitude that is held by some of the Council's members."

He regretted that the body sustains its anti-Iran stance, despite recent diplomatic measures by the Islamic Republic that have been aimed at resolution of standing differences between Tehran and some of the PGCC's members.

He denounced some PGCC members for "hiding behind" the body to broadcast their anti-Iranian points of view "in its name."

He reminded those same countries of their own regional mistakes, including their continuation of their war on Yemen, and their opening the door for the Zionist regime of Israel's entrenchment in the region.

Khatibzadeh warned that "the Islamic Republic does not brook any interference in its peaceful nuclear energy program, its defensive missile program, and the issues that have to do with its military and deterrent defensive policies."

The official, meanwhile, reminded that the Islamic Republic's "principled position" was based on seeking resolution of the regional issues on the basis of "interaction and cooperation" with its neighbors.

Tehran, he added, therefore, welcomes whatever initiative that could help invigorate the regional relations on the basis of the international principles and regulations.

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