Jordan king: Iran responsible for fuelling region’s sectarian conflict

Jordan’s King Abdullah II yesterday said that Iran is responsible for inciting sectarian conflict in the Middle East region.

The king made his remarks during an interview with Australia’s ABC TV channel which covered a range of key issues on the Arab and international arenas.

Remaking on the Syrian conflict, King Abdullah explained that there would be no solution in Syria without Russia.

“I think most of us that understand Syria realise that there cannot be a solution [to the Syrian conflict] without the Russians, and this has been something all of us have been discussing for the past year or two,” he said.

“So at this stage we have to wait to see what is the US strategy, how they’re going to deal with Russians.”

“At the end of the day we’re dealing with a global terror problem, a new third world war by other means … not post-Cold War where I had a feeling that there was more hatred between Moscow and Washington than there was against the extremists that we’re dealing with globally,” he added.

The Jordanian king began a visit to Australia at the invitation of Governor-General Peter Cosgrove.