Middle East peace held back by US insistence that Iran is a threat, Oman’s foreign minister says

Badr Albusaidi calls for security pact involving Gulf states, Iraq and Iran with US no longer primary provider of security

The Middle East’s ability to solve its problems has been held back by America’s 50-year insistence that the Gulf states should view Iran as a security threat, Oman’s foreign minister said on Monday in a significant speech designed to break the deadlock over the region’s future.

Badr Albusaidi called for a non-aggression security pact involving all six Gulf states as well as Iran and Iraq. The US would in future no longer be the primary provider of security, he said.