RIYADH – Saudi Minister of State Adel al-Jubeir said that a policy ofappeasement would not work with Iran and that the only way to get Tehran tothe negotiating table was to apply maximum pressure, according to theLiberation Newspaper.
He added that an agreement between the Yemeni government and the rebels isclose.
On 14 September, multiple drones targeted Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq and Khuraisoil processing facilities, cutting Riyadh’s daily net oil output in halfand leading to the suspension of the production of some 5.7 million barrelsof oil per day.
Although Yemen’s Houthi militia repeatedly claimed responsibility of theattacks, and warned of further attacks unless Riyadh ended its militarycampaign in Yemen, Washington and Riyadh have blamed Iran.
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Tehran has denied any involvement in the incident, and accused the US andits allies of switching from a policy of “maximum pressure” to one of“maximum deceit.”
A series of unexplained attacks against ships in the GulflinkandSaudi oil installations between May and September increased already-boilingtensions between the United States and its major regional ally SaudiArabia, on one side, and Iran, one the other side, Sputnik has reported.
