TEHRAN - Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the former Kuwaiti foreign minister, said on Thursday that Iran and the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council should hold talks on crises in the Middle East region.

He said that the consultations should be “real”, “constructive” and based on respecting the countries’ territorial integrity and in line with international regulations.

Commenting on regional developments, he said the influence of the U.S., Britain and France in the region has been reduced and instead the status of Iran, Turkey and Russia has been strengthened.

He also said that the international community has not been able to help settle the crises in countries like Syria and Libya.

The [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council is a regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq. Its members are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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