Geneva, March 11 (QNA) - The State of Qatar has emphasized that the Iranian attacks, in which long-range missiles and drones have been used, represent a dangerous escalation and an unequivocal breach of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

It further added that these attacks pose a direct threat to the region's security and stability, especially since they primarily target civilians, as well as civil and critical facilities, causing numerous gross violations of human rights and international humanitarian law.

This was outlined in the State of Qatar's statement delivered by Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Juhara Abdulaziz Al Suwaidi, on Wednesday, during her participation in the General Debate, Agenda Item 3, as part of the 61st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

These unprovoked Iranian attacks are relentlessly mounted on the State of Qatar and several countries of the region for the 12th day in a row, in a flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the principles of peaceful relations between states, Al Suwaidi stressed.

She clarified that these unlawful acts are inexplicable and are solely meant to expand the scale of war and target nations that are not parties to the armed conflict, with the intent of inflicting greater damage, as well as economic, humanitarian, and security impacts in the region.

The State of Qatar has always been committed to being predisposed to neutrality in regional conflicts and has sought to facilitate dialogue and negotiation to resolve conflicts and disputes, including between Iran and the international community, in its belief in peaceful means as the exit ramp for addressing disputes and settling conflicts, Al Suwaidi underlined.

Al Suwaidi further reiterated the State of Qatar's condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest possible terms, of these attacks, calling for an immediate halt to any escalatory acts and a return to the dialogue table, in addition to giving the language of reason and judiciousness overriding priority and working to contain the crisis to safeguard the region's security and stability. (QNA)