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Gulf Cooperation Council and EU foreign ministers met on Thursday to discuss Iran’s attacks on GCC countries. EU member states rarely agree on issues of foreign policy, so it was remarkable that they were able to reach consensus on this issue despite disagreeing on the wider conflict between Israel and Iran.
There were clear reasons for the united stance on Iran’s aggression against GCC states, which were engaged in diplomatic efforts to thwart the confrontation between Israel-US and Iran. Oman, for example, was the lead mediator trying to break the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear program. So it is a case of inexcusable aggression against countries that had been neutral in the wider conflict and had rebuffed US requests to launch attacks against Iran from their territory.
Despite GCC neutrality, Iran launched 2,000 more attacks against GCC states than against Israel, its primary foe.
The ease with which consensus was reached is explained by their shared belief that the “security and stability of the Gulf region are fundamental pillars of the stability of the global economy, intrinsically linked to European and global security.”
