While Saudi Arabia wanted to avoid war and escalation, Iran would be held accountable for the drone and missile strikes, Adel al-Jubeir told the BBC.
A US assessment claiming Iran was behind the attacks was backed up by the UK, France and Germany this week.
(25.09.2019)
NEW YORK — The leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Monday blamed Iran for an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the attacks on oil facilities on Saudi territory on September 14th, 2019 in Abqaiq and Khurais, and we reaffirm in this context our full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its population,” French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a joint statement after meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Dr. Angela Merkel: Sie machen sich Sorgen, ob wir, die Politiker – egal ob Regierung oder Opposition –, unser Land durch eine schwierige Zeit, insbesondere durch den Irakkonflikt und durch den Kampf gegen den Terrorismus mit Klugheit und Weisheit führen können. Die Menschen in diesem Lande wollen keinen Krieg.
(Hans-Werner Bertl [SPD]: Das ist wahr!)
Diejenigen, die in diesem Saale sitzen, wollen auch keinen Krieg.
(Lebhafter Beifall bei der CDU/CSU und der FDP)
Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler, wie sehr Sie innerlich unter Druck stehen, hat man schon an der Lautstärke Ihrer Stimme gemerkt.
(Lachen bei der SPD)
Dass Sie es aber nötig haben, die Opposition dieses Hauses als Kriegstreiber zu verleumden,
(Hans Michelbach [CDU/CSU]: Pfui!)
zeigt, in welcher Ecke Sie stehen. Aus dieser Ecke werden Sie nicht herauskommen können.
(Anhaltender Beifall bei der CDU/CSU und der FDP)
Wer als Bundeskanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland den Eindruck erweckt, irgendjemand würde sich die Entscheidung über Krieg und Frieden leicht machen und die letzte Chance aus der Hand geben, der, sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler, hat nicht erfasst, worum es geht.
(Beifall bei der CDU/CSU und der FDP)
Ich sage Ihnen: Sie sind seit Wochen auf einem Irrweg. Das Schlimmste ist – das sage ich mit großem Ernst; das ist meine feste Überzeugung –, dass insbesondere Ihr Verhalten auf dem Marktplatz von Goslar den Krieg im Irak leider nicht unwahrscheinlicher, sondern wahrscheinlicher gemacht hat; denn Sie haben den Druck auf Saddam Hussein verringert.
(Beifall bei der CDU/CSU und der FDP – Lothar Mark [SPD]: Das ist unglaublich! – Weitere Zurufe von der SPD)
Im Gegensatz zu Ihnen war ich in München und weiß, was ich gesagt habe. Niemand hat behauptet, dass es aufgrund der Resolution 1441 einen Automatismus der Gewalt gibt.
Chirac was barely a year into his second presidential term when he was faced with the biggest diplomatic challenge of his career as then US president George W. Bush attempted to build a “coalition of the willing” against Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq.
The French leader was resolutely unwilling to join the coalition, emerging as a formidable voice of opposition against a military invasion. His Gallic “non” frayed France’s relations with the US and Britain, but it also won him legions of admirers at home and abroad.
When asked how he could both obey the law and ensure Brexit by October 31, Mr Johnson said: „If you’ll forgive me, I don’t want to tip the hand of the UK government more than Parliament has already required us to do so.“
For three years the UK Parliament has been unable to act on the 2016 referendum result. It was never clear what they were hoping to achieve if they got an extra three days, weeks or months.
But the Parliament that reassembled yesterday managed to live down to even what low expectations there might have been.
He‘s repeatedly referred to the new law as the „Surrender Bill“, arguing it means the EU won‘t give us a good deal as they think we‘ll be forced to delay.
A No10 source said today: „If the question is ‚is he going to stop talking about the Surrender Bill‘ the answer is ‚absolutely no he‘s not‘.“
– Boris Johnson sparks fury by claiming best way to honour Jo Cox is deliver Brexit
– Prime Minister also suggested ‚best way‘ for MPs to stay safe is ‚get Brexit done‘
– PM under pressure to apologise as ministers express concern about remarks
– MPs try to force PM to apologise as they are granted urgent question on remarks
– But Mr Johnson snubs the request and sends a junior minister to answer for him
– Labour MP Jess Phillips accuses PM of ‚putting words in my dead friend‘s mouth‘
– Former Tory MP Dominic Grieve said PM has ‚no moral compass of any kind‘
– Jo Cox‘s widower Brendan Cox urges MPs to ‚step back from inferno of rhetoric‘
_ EXCLUSIVE: Mail poll found that 55 per cent of voters want an early election
– Prime Minister gave Jeremy Corbyn a chance to table a no confidence motion
– Labour leader rejected the move prompting Tory claims he was ‚running scared‘
– Johnson thinks early election could be best chance of breaking Brexit deadloc
Rund anderthalb Wochen galt für das britische Parlament die Zwangspause. Doch die Zeit reichte für viel angestaute Wut – und der ließen die Abgeordneten in der ersten Sitzung Luft.
Less than six months ago Netanyahu was given the opportunity to form a government and failed to do so. He even refused to return the mandate to the president and allow another candidate to try to form a government. Nevertheless, he has been given another opportunity now. Hopefully he will fail again. To that end, the left-wing bloc must close ranks and persist in its refusal to be part of a government led by a criminal defendant (subject to a hearing), even if the price is another election. It’s time for Netanyahu to leave the stage.
If Rivlin concludes that no candidate can form a government, he may choose to shorten the process, sources believe. If Netanyahu fails on his first try, Rivlin won‘t grant Netanyahu an extra two weeks to try to form a coalition. Rivlin then may announce that he does not believe Gantz can form a coalition either.
From this point, the Knesset will have three weeks to consolidate support of 61 lawmaker behind a different candidate. If one is found, he could be granted another two-week extension by the president. If the nominated candidate also proves unable to build a coalition, the Knesset will dissolve and third election will be held.
Israel’s president tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday with assembling a new government after power-sharing talks with his strongest rival, Benny Gantz, failed following an inconclusive election.
The former president and his party have tried to politicize the trial, but without much success. The once-almighty former Medellin Cartel associate’s days seem numbered.
The Colombian newspaper El Tiempo confirmed the validity of claims made by former paramilitary ‘Victor’ that Uribe’s lawyers had paid him over half a million dollars, along with other payments, for favorable testimony. Victor is one of only two known surviving members of the paramilitary group that Uribe stands accused of having founded.