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SNSC secretary: Almaty talks another test for G5+1

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Almaty, April 4, IRNA -- Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili said on Thursday that the new round of talks between Iran and G5+1 is regarded as another test for the G5+1.

All expect to see whether they will recognize Iran's legitimate rights as envisaged in the NPT or they will deny this right once again, he said.

Delivering a speech at Farabi University in Almaty, he said the distance between the contemporary world and Farabi's utopia is very wide.

"Why the global issues should be discussed in New York, Geneva or Vienna, he questioned, adding that Iran believes that other venues with very rich historical backgrounds such as Istanbul, Baghdad and Almaty should be also taken into consideration for discussing global developments," he said.

Iran stood up to their hegemony and they imposed a devastating war and tough economic sanctions against the country, he said.

According to the latest statistical report issued by the West, Iran registered its highest economic growth in the year 2012, he said.

They imposed all-out economic sanctions to create obstacles on the way of Iran's scientific progress but to no avail, he said.

"Once again I would like to warn them to learn enough lessons from the mistakes they have made over the past 34 year and avoid making miscalculation," he said.

Admitting Iran's peaceful nuclear rights could help the upcoming negotiations to proceed on the right track, he said.

"Why should some countries have access to nuclear arms and preserve the rights to continue proliferating and testing new generation of nuclear arms?" he asked.

The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that no one in the world should possess nuclear arms and a global move should be launched to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons, he said.

The US is the only country that has used nuclear weapons, he said, adding that the question is that the country that has committed an offense now chants slogans in favor of a world free from nuclear arms.

Defending Iran's peaceful nuclear programs in fact is defending the legitimate rights of all independent nations refusing to do anything wrong, he said.

On Syrian developments, he said the current developments in Syria clearly indicates the West's contradictory approach to that country's issue, he said.

From the early stages, Iran declared that the Syrian people should make decision on their own fate, Jalili said.

Grounds should be prepared for holding a free election in Syria and helping people their make their own decisions, he said.

The so-called advocates of democracy and campaign against terrorism from the early stages provided Syrian insurgents with weapons and bombs and prepared grounds for assassination of thousands of civilians, he said.

Iran believes that democracy should be established through elections and dialogue but they want to pursue their policies through shipment of arms and terrorism, he said.

On Iran's nuclear talks, he said the West wants to step up ressures on Iran simultaneous with its negotiations with the country.

In previous talks in Moscow Iran explicitly expressed its stands to the world public opinion and now it is determined to defend its stands vigorously, he said.

During Moscow's talks, Iran announced that it ready wanted to continue talks but they made a nine month delay in order to exert more economic pressures on the country, Jalili said.

Fortunately, the world has been a witness to Iran's success in various fields in the period, he said.

They believed their economic sanctions wouldl cripple Iran but this helped the country attain more outstanding success and development in various fields, he said.

"We hope they will revise their wrong approach in the new round of talks with Iran," Jalili said.

Iran believes that thanks to the endeavors of independent states, there will remain no room for the global arrogance and its days are numbered, he said.

Iran is strongly opposed to weapons of mass destruction and believes that such weapons will never maintain the security of the world, he said.

On current developments in Korean peninsula, he said the issue should be resolved through negotiations.

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