Pakistan supports Iran`s right to peaceful use of nuclear materials
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Feb 2, Kyodo/OANA/IRNA -- Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said Wednesday Pakistan supports Iran`s right as a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to peaceful use of nuclear energy. He told a press conference with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, that Pakistan was actively interacting with Iran, the United States and the European Union to defuse the tension over the Iranian nuclear program. "We can help in trying to bring the temperature down. We are telling the world that we cannot afford another crisis in the Islamic world," he said. Kasuri added Pakistan supports the EU approach to resolve the row between Iran and United States and hopes it will be resolved while taking into consideration the concerns of both sides. The International Atomic Energy Agency has found that Iran has been engaged in a clandestine uranium enrichment program and wants it to open its nuclear installations to international inspections. The United States has said that using of force or imposing sanctions on Iran through the UN Security Council are feasible options to deal with the question. Kasuri said Pakistan is actively interacting with Iran, the United States and the EU and that matter had been extensively discussed with the EU leaders during the recent visit by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to Brussels. "We will continue to play a diplomatic role. We can only do that and nothing more. Ultimately it will be a sovereign decision of the government of Iran" on how to deal with crisis, he said. The OIC secretary general said his Jeddah-based organization respects the Iranian attitude as long as Iran abides by international rules and holds dialogues to resolve the impasse with the European Union and the United States. /2322/1432
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