The United Nations News Centre published a report about a phone call between the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, explaining that Ban urged the Bahraini Government to “take further measures to foster peaceful political dialogue amongst all Bahrainis.”

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces said that “Bahrain’s Foreign Minister should solve his country’s problems instead of interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs”, pointing out that “those statements are considered to be a blatant interference in Baghdad's affairs.