Ahmadinejad: Tehran welcomes US policy change
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Astana, April 7, IRNA – IRI President emphasizing that Tehran welcomes fundamental and real changes in US policies, said here Monday, “We are waiting for such changes.”
According to IRNA’s dispatched reporter to Astana, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was answering the press representatives at Astana’s Rixos Hotel on Monday night meanwhile emphasized, “This demand is a global demand, as the entire world wishes that the policies of the world powers and the type of their relations would change.”
He said that the administrative structures in the world and the literature of holding dialogues with the nations, too, are in need of changes, arguing, “We believe there are lots of things in need of change. We are waiting, but of course the global developments will not wait, and therefore, the policies need to be applied rapidly.”
A reporter asked Ahmadinejad, “Do you believe the current US president is a devil, as the former one was?”
The IRI President replied, “We have not called anyone a devil and are not picking on human beings, but rather have problem with the evil and inhumane deeds, and are opposed to wars, occupation and massacre of human beings, which we considered satanic.”
Ahmadinejad added, “We hope the new US president would manage to usher fundamental changes. He has said he intends to declare his new policies, particularly regarding our region and we hope to witness such fundamental changes respectively.”
The president reiterated, “Clearly, the viewpoints, visions and policies of (the former US president George) Bush have today reached the end of a dead end alley, and therefore, we believe what can be beneficial today is real and fundamental changes.”
Ahmadinejad emphasized over the need for respecting the rights of nations and for everyone’s abiding by the rules of justice.
He reiterated, “I forwarded a letter to (President) Obama during the first days after his election and we hope he is determined for ushering fundamental changes, and that he would manage to do so.”
He added, “We hope Obama would manage to take back the US administration to the geographical territory of that country and to establish friendly relations with other nations from equal stands. We welcome fundamental changes and are longing for them to happen.”
Another reporter asked, “(US President) Obama has said in Turkey that he extends a hand for friendship towards Iran. Does Iran regard that comment as a political game, or will Tehran accept it as real?”
The president replied, “We have already declared that we are waiting for practical deeds and real changes on the part of the United States. Currently the lectures are satisfactory, but we need to wait and see what they would do in practice. If fundamental changes would occur, we would definitely welcome them.”
Emphasizing that the relations among the nations need to be in accordance with mutual respect, based on the rules of justice, and friendly, he reiterated, “The US government severed relations with Iran unilaterally 28 years ago and stood by the side of our enemies throughout the Iraqi imposed war against Iran.”
Ahmadinejad pointed out that the United States has always acted against the interests of the Iranian nation, adding, “All the same, our nation has resisted in confrontation with such pressures and we have learned today how to live and progress towards advancement under pressure.”
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran pointing out that the present day status of the world in not satisfactory at all, said, “The nations should be complementary of one another, not the enemies of each other and the governments, too, should be complementary of one another in order to experience better lives.”
The Reuters reporter asked President Ahmadinejad, “In which fields can Iran cooperate with the United States?”
The IRI President replied, “Our policy is comprehensive cooperation in our relations with countries, but regarding the United States, as I explained earlier, the situation would differ, in accordance with the fundamental changes.”
Another reporter asked a question regarding the Kazakh president’s proposal about the establishment of a nuclear fuel bank in this country.
President Ahmadinejad welcomed the proposal, arguing, “Any country that has uranium mines and the capability to produce nuclear fuel can also establish a nuclear fuel bank.”
He reiterated, “Regarding the nuclear issue two major developments need to take place simultaneously. One is ending considering the nuclear energy quite the same as the nuclear bomb and the other one is the disarmament of the nuclear powers of the world.”
Ahmadinejad added, “This would ease concerns regarding those powers and ease the global concerns. Therefore, the issue would be solved quite basically.”
He reiterated, “Ever since the time when the nuclear energy was introduced as an equal for the nuclear bomb, this energy was monopolized, while the nuclear power can be beneficial in the medical, the agricultural, and the industrial fields.”
Our country’s president added, “I would not say there has been an intentional will behind doing so and for introducing the nuclear power and the nuclear bomb as the same, but keeping in mind the broad negative advantage that has been taken of it, we cannot say that it has totally been unintentional.”
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