Saudi Arabia's ForeignMinister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said no "private messages," or"direct contact" had taken place to ease tensions with Iran, saying that Tehranfirst needed to change its behavior before talks can happen.
"Our message to Iranis to change its behavior first before anything is to be discussed," PrinceFaisal said on Saturday during a panel discussion at the 56th MunichSecurity Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany.
He said the Kingdom's messageis "quite clear."
"Until we can talkabout the real sources of that instability, talk is going to be unproductive,"Prince Faisal added.
Responding to aquestion about whether there has been a change in the Kingdom's approach toYemen, Prince Faisal said: "It's not a shift from the Saudi side actually wesaw after the September attacks on our oil facilities where the Iraniansattacked the facilities but then they asked the Houthis to take theblame for it, and I think that sent a wakeup call to the Houthis that they arenot partners with Iran but they are tools for the Iranian regime to use as theysee fit.
Prince Faisal said"Since our intervention in Yemen we have always said that we favor a politicalresolution, we favored every political dialogue whether its… by MartinGriffiths or his predecessor and we will continue to support that."
