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Iran keen to promote peace and stability in Mideast: Larijani (part 6)

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Munich, Feb 11, IRNA
Germany-Iran-Larijani

"I repeat that the Islamic Republic of Iran supports democracy, national government of Prime Minister Maleki, national assembly and the constitution of Iraq and will not spare any effort which can contribute to the reconstruction, development and security of Iraq. My country also fully supports the preservation of the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq as a basic principle.

"3) Constructive interaction based on rationality and mutual respect. If we today seek sustainable order and peace we should accept that colonization and humiliation cannot be a rational approach to peace. The policy of denial, isolation, and adventurism sanctions only serve to further intensify instability in our region.

"We have to accept that the regional states have the rational capacity to determine their own interests. Dishonesty and denial have intensified pessimism and suspicion even among the friends of the United States in the region.

"They clearly see that Iran has played a unique role in the fight against drug trafficking in the region and has suffered immense human and material losses in that respect. Yet, all the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this area have been surprisingly played down or ignored. Worse than that is what happened in Afghanistan.

Despite the positive role played by Iran in Afghanistan the United States called Iran as part of the evil axis. Even today, in spite of all the contributions made by Iran to help institutionalize the national government in Iraq, one can hear once in a while some irrelevant remarks about Iran. All these issues indicate that the theory of denial instead of constructive interaction is still being pursued as the basis of activities against Iran.

"It is obvious that the theory of denial does not change the outside realities and only affects the capacities which exist in the region for the establishment of a sustainable order, stability and peace.

"Iran's National Security Doctrine is defensive, because Iran does not consider military actions as the solution to the problems. We have friendly ties with countries of the region and do not have any ambition towards their lands and power. Others in the region attacked Iran and we defended ourselves. Future will prove that there will be no harm from Iran to these countries.

"When Iran's territories were occupied by Saddam Hussein, and our people bombarded with chemical weapons our regional and foreign friends remained silent or supported Saddam Hussein. When times passed they realized that they made mistakes and Saddam Hussein became a problem for them.

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