The Maldives has condemned an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the fifth statement the Foreign Ministry has issued on attacks inside Saudi Arabia in five weeks.
The attack, which the Ministry attributed to the Houthi militia, was carried out on 10 October and "resulted in the loss of lives and injuries to hundreds of civilians", the government said the following day.
"The targeting of civilians and vital infrastructure constitutes a serious violation of international law and poses a grave threat to the security and stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the wider region," the statement said.
The government extended condolences to Saudi Arabia and reaffirmed "full solidarity" with the Kingdom.
Five statements in five weeks
Riyadh's main airport had already been hit once that week. The run of statements began a month earlier, and has covered attacks on two international airports, on the East-West Pipeline and on the Holy City of Makkah, where a drone was intercepted before it reached the city's restricted airspace.
All five use the same formulation: that the attacks violate Saudi sovereignty and territorial integrity, and threaten regional peace, security and stability. Three describe the Saudi people as "brotherly".
The wider posture
The statements sit alongside a broader Maldivian position on the region. On 17 October, Foreign Minister Iruthisham Adam told the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Council of Foreign Ministers in Baghdad that the Maldives supports an independent Palestinian state "based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital". The Maldives marks fifty years of OIC membership this year.