In a statement regarding the Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East, Iran's diplomatic spokesperson mused about the prospects for its "success while main regional players like Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Palestine are absent and significant countries such as China, Russia and many other leading European and non-European states are either not in attendance or represented in a very low level". "The U.S.", he added, "promotes insecurity, instability, poverty, war and extremism in the region through its unilateral pullout from the Iran nuclear deal and by violating all international laws and pursuing hypocritical policies and sponsoring terrorism".