S Arabia wants UN vote on assassination plot
Saudi Arabia is pressing for a UN vote Friday on a resolution condemning an alleged plot to assassinate its US envoy and calling on Iran to cooperate with the investigation.
The United States has said Iran was behind the plot to kill Adel al-Jubeir in Washington, but the Saudi resolution, which was distributed at the 193-member UN General Assembly on Wednesday, did not directly accuse Iran of involvement.
The draft resolution, which is backed by the United States, "deplores" the plot and calls on Iran to "comply with all of its obligations under international law."
It says the Tehran government should "cooperate with states to bring to justice all those who participated in the planning, sponsoring, organization and attempted execution of the plot to assassinate the ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
Saudi UN mission spokesman Abdulmohsen Alyas said many countries would co-sponsor the resolution, but declined to name them.
"Many countries understand our position and they agree with us by co-sponsoring this resolution," Alyas told AFP.
Iran has strongly denied being involved in the alleged plot against the Saudi envoy, possibly through the bombing of a Washington restaurant.
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