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Mon, 08/04/2008 - 14:32
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Joint statement proposes referring Iran nuclear dossier to IAEA

Tehran, Aug 4, IRNA - Iran and Syria issued a joint statement on Sunday, calling for return of Iran's nuclear dossier to IAEA.

The joint statement was inked by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Tehran on Sunday.

The joint statement read that during mutual talks, the two presidents
discussed expansion of mutual relations as well as regional
developments.

The two sides called for exchange of views to help deepen ties between
Iran and Syria, pointed out the statement.

On current developments in the Middle East region, the two sides
condemned the atrocities of the Zionist regime in the occupied lands.

The Iranian president strongly backed the rights of the Syrian nation
to regain sovereignty over Golan Heights.

The statement also underlined the need to continue efforts to bring
about national reconciliation in Palestine and form a Palestinian
state with the holy Qods as its capital.

The statement also called for restoration of security and tability to
Iraq through a national reconciliation and withdrawal of alien forces
from Iraq.

On Iran's nuclear activities, the two sides reviewed the country's
nuclear dossier and underlined that it should be referred to IAEA
while confirming the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.

Iran's nuclear case should be solved through mutual talks, underlined
the joint statement, adding that it is the legitimate right of the
Iranian nation to make use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Calling for a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction mainly
nuclear arms, the statement drew the attention of the international
community to the nuclear arsenal of the Zionist regime and urged
international organizations to swiftly take action to remove such a
threat.

The Syrian president thanked President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian
nation for their warm hospitality towards him and his entourage and
invited the Iranian president to pay an official visit to Syria.

President Ahmadinejad accepted the invitation and promised to visit
Damascus at the earliest opportunity.

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