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Mottaki: US can no more dictate its policies to others

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, April 15, IRNA
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Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday that the US can no more dictate its policies to the people in the Middle East region.

Mottaki made the remarks in his meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on the sidelines of the Third International Conference on Qods and Support for the Rights of Palestinian People, kicked off here Friday evening with a keynote speech by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

At the meeting, Mottaki said it is the nations who make decisions for themselves and the alien powers cannot decide on their fate any more.

The behavior of the Americans and the Zionist regime in dealing with Palestine elections which resulted in Hamas victory was was in full inconformity with the mottos chanted in support of democracy and human rights, he said.

Cutting financial aids to Hamas movement and the new Palestinian government by Americans and European,s indicated that they never pursue democratic rules in free elections, Mottaki pointed out.

Victory of Hamas movement in the recent election in Palestine led to their defeat in the country, he said.

Calling the current relations between Iran and Lebanon as very good and developing, he underlined the need for further expansion and deepening of such ties between the two countries.

The Lebanese parliament speaker, for his part, lauded Iran's efforts in rendering assistance to Palestinian nation and called holding such conference a significant move in defending the legitimate rights of Palestinians against crimes and atrocities of the Zionist occupiers.

Adopting a united stand among various political wings in Lebanon has led to forge solidarity between the Lebanese government and its parliament, he said.

He also congratulated the Iranian scientists for their grave scientific achievements which joined the country to the top ten nuclear power countries in the world.

In conclusion, he thanked the Iranian officials for holding the Third International Conference on Qods and Support for the Rights of Palestinian People.

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