Reuters, 10 August 2008 (excerpts) – U.S.-allied Kuwait urged Iran on Saturday to resolve tensions with the West over its nuclear programme, saying the dispute undermined the interests of Gulf States with which it shares a vital oil export route.

Kuwaiti Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Salem al-Sabah said to Al-Arabiya TV: We have to act very cautiously regarding the Iranian regime. The Iranian nuclear file and that regime’s failure responding to the International resolutions has reached to new critical point; undoubtedly we shall witness the international reaction against Iran by the Security Council and new resolutions; this issue will move the region to a new phase of tension.