The ambassador added that the continuation of the negative behavior of Iran in the region would only undermine international peace and security. He added that the explicit support for the Houthi militias has become a threat to regional security and international shipping and a threat to civilians in the region. He stated that the Iranian government's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz and its continued attack and detention of merchant ships hold the council responsible for decisively standing and carrying out its main tasks and for working to the maintain international peace and security. He said, "We seek to restore security and stability in the region. The only true way is to respect all the countries in the region for the principles of good neighborliness, refrain from using or threatening to use force and interfering in the internal affairs of states and violating their sovereignty. Iran's behavior in the region contradicts those principles and undermines the requirements of confidence and thus directly and seriously threatens security and stability, stressing our readiness to establish relations of cooperation between the Arab countries and Iran based on the principle of good neighborliness and non-interference in the internal affairs of states and respect of sovereignty." Al-Mualimi said that the continuation of the Iranian-backed Houthi militias to extend control over the country's main agencies in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a for the fifth year in a row has created in the region an abyss that embraces terrorist acts and insists on continuing to increase humanitarian catastrophes from starvation and spread of epidemics. "These militias continue to use international humanitarian resources and aid as a weapon for their "illegitimate" negotiations, not caring for the Yemeni people and their basic needs," he said. Al-Moallemi pointed out that the actions of these militias to intimidate the innocent and target the civilian installations and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia reveal the destructive nature and thought that only knows destruction, calling on the Security Council to push and stress the implementation of its relevant resolutions 2140 and 2216 And 2451, and stressing that the solution for the Yemeni crisis lies in the political dialogue according to the Gulf initiative and its executive mechanisms and the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference and relevant Security Council resolutions. --SPA 03:34 LOCAL TIME 00:34 GMT 0044 www.spa.gov.sa/w1143627