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    IRAN PRESIDENT DISMISSES NATO ROLE IN CAUCASUS CRISIS

    Fars News Agency
    Sept 16 2008
    Iran

    Fars: President [Mahmud Ahmadinezhad] called the strengthening of
    international ties between Iran and Armenia as a message of friendship
    to the world and said: There is no need for NATO to resolve issues
    of international difference between regional countries.

    Fars reports from the public information office of the presidency where
    this Tuesday afternoon [16 Sep] Mahmud Ahmadinezhad met the Foreign
    Minister of Armenia - Edward Nalbandian - and pointed to the profundity
    and robustness of relations between the two countries and said: Tehran
    and Yerevan's cooperation can be a blueprint for cordial relations.

    The president pointed to the urgency in deepening cultural ties between
    the two countries and stressed: In the realm of bilateral relations,
    the cultural aspect must be developed more than ever and the cultural
    and historical commonalities of the two nations are suitable assets
    which can be used in the interests of the two countries.

    Stressing that the widening of ties with Armenia is a definite policy
    of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmadinezhad said: There are no
    obstacles to the deepening of bilateral ties and the regional issues
    too have added to the urgency for widening of ties and bilateral
    relations.

    The president also regarded the development of bilateral relations as
    leading to the strengthening of security, peace and friendship in the
    region and stressed: The countries of the region can resolve their
    differences through cooperation with each other and in this regard
    there is no need for NATO's intervention or the intervention of anyone
    else. And of course, experience has shown that their intervention
    will only aggravate the situation.

    Remarking that in the international arena there are great upheavals
    afoot, Ahmadinezhad said: The unipolar world system has now fallen
    through, and the effects of this will be felt around the world. To
    this end, we have to fight for the establishment of a system on the
    basis of which sustainable peace and security can be attained.

    He made a reminder that we have to move ahead of global upheaval in
    order to safeguard national interests.

    The Armenian foreign minister - for his part - called for the
    ever-greater widening of bilateral ties in the economic and political
    sphere and said: The widening of reciprocal relations can demonstrate
    the deep ties between the two nations and can turn into a blueprint
    for the region.

    Nalbandian pointed to the events in Caucasus and made reassurances
    that: What is happening indicates the sensitivity of the region. To
    this end, we have to find new alternative paths for the improvement
    of bilateral ties.
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