Iran:

Regional Crises Solely Benefits Israel

Rasa - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari blasted the Western countries for supporting terrorist groups in the region for the sake of preserving Israel's interests in the Middle East.

News ID: 425990

Date: 23 December 2016 - 23:38

RNA - "Warfare in the Middle East only benefits Israel through undermining the resources of regional nations," Jaberi Ansari told reporters after his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut on Friday.

He reiterated the need for peaceful settlement of regional issues, and said, "The solution to the regional crises is not a military one."

Ansari described his talks with Hariri as “constructive", and said, "We discussed regional affairs as well as the expansion of Tehran-Beirut ties during our meeting."

Jaberi Ansari arrived in Lebanon via Syria, where he had met separately with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Imad Khamis and Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem.

In relevant remarks in early December, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani blasted Israel for possessing a large arsenal of nuclear warheads in West Asia and threatening the regional countries, specially the Islamic Republic.

"None of the neighboring and west Asian countries, except the Zionist regime, is regarded as security threat to Iran," Shamkhani said, addressing a conference on security order in West Asia in Tehran.

He said security and interests are integrated and intertwined concepts and their realization depends on active and contributing role of the pivotal players based on their power and status.

"The ongoing forged crises are the offshoot of the goals and policies of the trans-regional powers to cover up the main crisis and divert the capacity of confronting the Zionist regime through arms race and bloodshed in borders of the Muslim World," Shamkhani added

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