Saudi Arabia's foreign minister urged Iran on Monday to stop "meddling" in the affairs of the kingdom's neighbors - such as Lebanon, Syria and Yemen - warning that Riyadh stood ready to confront Tehran's actions.

"It is difficult to have positive relations" with Tehran, "when Saudi Arabia and its people are the target of continuous aggression" from it, Adel al-Jubeir said at a joint press briefing with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Riyadh.