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Iran keen to promote peace and stability in Mideast: Larijani (part 1)

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA
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Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani on Sunday stressed his country's efforts to promote peace and stability in the Middle East region, expressing Iran's readiness to host a comprehensive Mideast peace conference.

The full text of Larijani's speech at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy is as follows:

"I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to the organizers of this conference and the Government of Germany for the excellent arrangements made for this conference and the opportunity given to me to attend this gathering.

"This conference and similar initiatives launched for the same purpose reveal the fact the fast-changing global developments have drastically transformed the international and regional security realities which necessitate a review and redefinition of the previous analytical and management tools.

"Perhaps, one may take the hasty measures, temporary alliances, the fast changing dialogues and policies as a testimony to the afore- mentioned claim. Therefore it is vitally important for all of us to find a way out of this dilemma by creating the required analytical and management capabilities. And any delay in this regard can potentially culminate in the eruption of new crises. And any mis-calculated efforts for the settlement of the key issues can prepare the ground for a new spate of confrontations.

"Thus, I do hope that this conference can lay down the ground work for a rational approach to these key issues and set down new parameters for the establishment of lasting security in our world.

"Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,

"The primary purpose of any unilateral, bilateral or multilateral security strategy, alliance or pact is the establishment of order; an order which is aimed at settling the convergent or divergent interests, values and ideologies in the system of international relations. Any world security order can be viable and sustainable only if it meets the material and moral interests of individuals and societies which include justice, freedom, well-being and respect for their identities. An order which fails to meet the afore-mentioned interests for individuals, groups and states is an arbitrary order which is doomed to break down due to the injustices that it is bound to bring in its wake.

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