Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United Kingdom, was quoted as stating that his country's decision to join ongoing aerial strikes by the international coalition to face terrorist groups in Iraq is yet another proof for Saudi Arabia's firm determination to eliminate all forms of terror from the Middle East map.
He said the decision also confirms the stance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia beside its friends and allies in the Middle East and the west, including the United Kingdom, which shares us the aim to wipe out terrorism from the region.
In an article published in London the day before yesterday, the ambassador said Saudi Arabia, in its capacity as the cradle of Islam, is facing the greediness of those who are planning to control the region and mobilize it for their wicked objectives, like those who created the Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), confirming that the Kingdom has mobilized financial and military resources to combat terrorism, citing the collapse of Al-Qaeda organization in the Kingdom and Saudi Arabia's pursuance against Al-Qaeda networks outside the Kingdom as results of this determination.
A host of devastating incidents ripped most the Middle East, he said, citing the emergence of the organization vowing to set up an Islamic State in Iraq. He said this development also threatens the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as the rest of the world.
He noted that the Custodian of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has voiced that the terror evil should be fought with the most needed force, reason and speed. To live up to its words, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's royal air force has since last Tuesday joined military operations of the international alliance to confront terrorist groups, the ambassador said.
He also quoted Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as recently telling the New York-based International Forum to Combat Terrorism that 'to face these serious realities, we are today obliged to take firm policies and historic decisions to face this fierce attack with all our might, firmness and quick and serious movement, taking into consideration the factors of time and non-action'.