‘Peninsula Shield Force no pretext for military intervention in Bahrain’  http://babulilmlibrary.com/news/peninsula-shield-force-no-pretext-for-military-intervention-in-bahrain

The Foreign Ministry director for the Persian Gulf and the Middle East Department has said that the security pact which resulted in the creation of the Peninsula Shield Force between the PGCC states does not legitimize military intervention in Bahrain by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.“Legal studies show that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council’s joint defense agreement is aimed at repelling foreign threats not to take action against the regional nations,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told the Mehr News Agency on Wednesday.

“Countries can sign agreements to support each other when attacked by other countries, but in Bahrain we are witnessing that the Saudi and UAE forces have intervened to put down people and trying to justify the military intervention by citing such agreements is bitter irony,” Jalali told the Mehr News Agency on Wednesday.“Killing of innocent Bahraini people is unjustifiable and every person condemns the people who are behind the brutal massacre of Bahrainis,” he said.“In the case of Libya, the Arab League cancels the country’s membership, but in the case of Bahrain it even does not allow the media to cover the crimes against people and convey the voice of the oppressed Bahraini nation,” he added.