Arab League's al-Quds stance weak, says Iran Foreign Ministry

Iran has denounced as weak a statement by the Arab League on US President Donald Trump’s recent recognition of al-Quds as the capital of the illegal Zionist entity.

According to Press TV, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Monday at a press conference said: "The Arab League's statement was not as incisive as it was expected and the statement was not proportionate to the [issue of the] Palestinian cause."

The Arab League met to address the issue late on Saturday, releasing a final statement which called on Washington to retract its decision, adding that such a move would only amplify violence throughout the region. It added that Trump's announcement was a "dangerous violation of international law" which has no legal impact and was "void.

Qassemi said, "An instance of ignorance and maybe a certain policy caused the statement to be lacking in the required and adequate proportions."

He hoped that the regional situation would prompt the League's member states to adopt a more realistic approach as the body's current attitude could prove "dangerous" even for the member states.

The spokesman, meanwhile, praised "more serious" stances adopted concerning the US's move by many individual Muslim and Arab countries.

He said the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was to meet on Wednesday and expressed hope that the event produces "a more positive" outcome vis-à-vis the matter.

Yemen 'report'

Qassemi also addressed a report ascribed to a United Nations investigative mission, which had allegedly claimed that a missile fired from Yemen towards Saudi Arabia had been made by Iran.

He dismissed the matter as "news fabrication seeking certain [ulterior] motives, which lacked credibility and authenticity."

"Whatever happens inside Yemen concerns Yemen's people and resistance and does not concern the Islamic Republic."

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