Crown Prince: Saudi Arabia doesn’t want war in the region
Crown Prince: Saudi Arabia doesn’t want war in the region

Crown Prince: Saudi Arabia doesn’t want war in the region

Saudi Arabia's crown prince blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and called on the international community to take a "decisive stand" but said in an interview published on Sunday that the kingdom does not want a war in the region.

Attacks on two oil tankers on Thursday, which the United States also blamed on Iran, have raised fears of broader confrontation in the region.

The explosions that damaged the Norwegian-owned Front Altair and the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous occurred while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was in Tehran trying to help ease rising tensions between the United States and Iran.

"The Iranian regime did not respect the Japanese primeminister's visit to Tehran and while he was there replied to his efforts byattacking two tankers, one of which was Japanese," Crown Prince Mohammedbin Salman was quoted as saying in an interview with the Saudi-owned Asharqal-Awsat newspaper.

"The kingdom does not want a war in the region but it will not hesitate to deal with any threats to its people, its sovereignty, or its vital interests," he said. Tehran and Washington have both said they have no interest in a war.

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