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Iran's FM comments on remarks attributed to Egyptian FM
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has expressed doubts about the veracity of remarks on the Iranian nuclear program attributed to the Egyptian foreign minister.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit reportedly called Iran’s nuclear program a “source of concern” and allegedly described Tehran’s approach to dealing with Western countries as confrontational.
“I consider it unlikely that such undocumented remarks were really made by an Egyptian official since Egypt is fully aware of the rights of (nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty signatories,” Mottaki told reporters in Copenhagen on Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Egypt took a more realistic stance than the other countries at the November 27 International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting, he added.
The IAEA Board of Governors, under pressure by the West, passed a resolution against Iran at the meeting. The resolution criticized Iran for beginning construction of a new uranium enrichment facility at Fordo and demanded that it immediately halt its construction.
Twenty-five members voted in favor of the resolution. Malaysia, which is the current president of the IAEA Board, Venezuela, and Cuba voted against the resolution, and Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey abstained. Azerbaijan Republic missed the vote.
However, if such statements were really made, “We advise our Egyptian friends to take legal matters into consideration before making remarks,” Mottaki observed.
Turning to the recent remarks made by Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, who said Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, the Iranian foreign minister said, “We would not like to deal with such remarks, which are made without any clear purpose.”
The peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program has been proven to the world through numerous IAEA inspections of the country’s nuclear sites, Mottaki stated.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit reportedly called Iran’s nuclear program a “source of concern” and allegedly described Tehran’s approach to dealing with Western countries as confrontational.
“I consider it unlikely that such undocumented remarks were really made by an Egyptian official since Egypt is fully aware of the rights of (nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty signatories,” Mottaki told reporters in Copenhagen on Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Egypt took a more realistic stance than the other countries at the November 27 International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors meeting, he added.
The IAEA Board of Governors, under pressure by the West, passed a resolution against Iran at the meeting. The resolution criticized Iran for beginning construction of a new uranium enrichment facility at Fordo and demanded that it immediately halt its construction.
Twenty-five members voted in favor of the resolution. Malaysia, which is the current president of the IAEA Board, Venezuela, and Cuba voted against the resolution, and Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey abstained. Azerbaijan Republic missed the vote.
However, if such statements were really made, “We advise our Egyptian friends to take legal matters into consideration before making remarks,” Mottaki observed.
Turning to the recent remarks made by Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, who said Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, the Iranian foreign minister said, “We would not like to deal with such remarks, which are made without any clear purpose.”
The peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program has been proven to the world through numerous IAEA inspections of the country’s nuclear sites, Mottaki stated.
