RIYADH – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has announced that Riyadh isconsidering all options, including military, after the probe into theattacks on Aramco oil facilities is completed.
“We want to mobilise international support, and we want to look at alloptions – diplomatic options, economic options and military options – andthen make the decision,” he said, speaking in New York on Tuesday at aconference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Al-Jubeir said Riyadh’s investigation into the attacks should be completed”fairly soon.”
The foreign minister reiterated Tuesday that Riyadh has reason to believethat Iran was responsible for the Aramco attacks, saying the kingdom heldthis view “because the equipment is the Iranian equipment.”
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“We know that it didn’t come from the south. We know it because of therange of the equipment. We believe it came from the north, we are certainit came from the north. And what we are doing now is investigating tolocate the actual launch site,” al-Jubeir said.
According to the foreign minister, despite the attacks, Saudi Arabia wantsto “make sure that we avoid war at all costs., Sputnik has reported.
