The Bahraini Foreign Ministry added that dialogue "is not based on ignoring facts," pointing out that the Kingdom has been subjected to attacks targeting its infrastructure and civilian objects, and "one of them, by targeting an ammonia tank, almost led to a comprehensive disaster."
It pointed out that Friday's targeting of the "East-West" oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia confirms that targeting civilian and economic facilities is "an ongoing danger, not a past matter."
It stressed that the security and stability of the region cannot be built on turning a blind eye to attacks, and "cannot be bought by silence over their consequences nor preserved by a policy of appeasement," emphasizing Bahrain's adherence to good neighborliness, the necessity of halting attacks, establishing international responsibility for them, repairing the resulting damages, respecting state sovereignty, and resolving outstanding issues through legal means.
Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, the ministry reiterated Bahrain's position that any arrangement regarding navigation in the Strait must be based on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, be adopted by the International Maritime Organization, and safeguard the right of transit passage for all ships without discrimination, fees, or permits, with the participation of all member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Bahrain also affirmed that, by virtue of its membership in the UN Security Council and its commitment to joint Gulf action, it will continue to work through legal and diplomatic channels to safeguard freedom of navigation and regional security, adding that it is ready to support any consensus-based arrangement grounded in the law, and that it "does not close the door to peace, but does not open it at the expense of justice; for peace not based on justice is a truce waiting for its expiry."
