Kuwaiti Speaker: Kuwait not worried about Iran's nuclear program
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, June 7, IRNA
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Kuwait's Parliament Speaker Jassem Muhammad al-Kharafi said Iran's peaceful nuclear program was no source of concern for his country.
He made the remarks in a meeting with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rowhani in Kuwait on Monday.
Pointing to Iran's strategic role in the region, the Kuwaiti official expressed his opinion that strategic cooperation between the two countries will be to the benefit of regional interests.
He said regional countries could settle their problems through dialogue and believed such visits help remove some concerns.
He also called for expansion of economic relations between Iran and Kuwaiti ties.
Rowhani noted that Iran's nuclear technology was for peaceful purposes and said Tehran was abiding by international regulations.
He further pointed to the fact that Iran's nuclear activities to produce atomic fuel for its power plants were conducted under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Ruling out allegations that Iran was trying to manufacture nuclear arms, the SNSC chief said Iran opened its nuclear centers to the IAEA inspectors in a trust-building gesture who confirmed no
violation of rules had taken place in Tehran's nuclear activities.
Stressing the role of economic cooperation in boosting security and prosperity in the region, Rowhani voiced Iran's readiness for such cooperation.
He also expressed his satisfaction with approval of new laws in Kuwait to promote the legal status of Kuwaiti women and said such moves helped improve the image world public opinion forms of the true Islam.
Rowhani arrived in Kuwait Sunday night at the first leg of a week-long four-nation Asian tour which would also take him to Yemen, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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