Aramco airstrike: Saudi Arabia says if attack launched from Iran, it would be an act of war | World News, The Indian Express

Aramco airstrike: Saudi Arabia says if attack launched from Iran, it would be an act of war | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Riyadh |Updated: September 22, 2019 5:41:00 pm

Aramco airstrike: Saudi Arabia says if attack launched from Iran, it would be an act of war

Saudi Arabia has called the strikes on Abqaiq and Khurais facilities as a test of global will to preserve international order, and will look to form a united front at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week.

“Appeasement with Iran does not work. For example, trying to set up a parallel financial payment system is appeasement. Trying to give them a line of credit is appeasement. It just emboldens them,” said Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir.

If an investigation shows that last week’s attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities was launched from Iranian territory, the kingdom would consider it an act of war, but Riyadh is currently seeking a peaceful resolution, a senior Saudi official said.