The UAE reiterated its full support for all deterrent measures taken by Saudi Arabia to counter terrorism and extremism. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister, said the measures taken by Saudi Arabia are a clear message against terrorism and all those who instigate strife, division and unrest with an aim to undermine unity and threaten social peace in the country. The move also demonstrates Saudi Arabia's firm determination to press ahead with efforts that aim to defuse and uproot terrorism and deter whoever attempts to instigate unrest or tamper with security and stability in the Kingdom, Shaikh Abdullah said. He added that the execution of court rulings against the convicted persons is Saudi Arabia's fundamental right, especially after that those persons were proven guilty of carrying out terrorist acts by evidence and proofs. "What Saudi Arabia did is a necessary action to consolidate the security and safety of the Saudi people and expatriate residents," Shaikh Abdullah said. His comments come after the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars said the executions were an enforcement of the Sharia laws regarding the protection of the nation from sedition, strife and aggression. In a statement issued a short time after the executions were announced by the interior ministry, the Council said they were based on the verdicts that had been endorsed through all legal stages.
