Iran blames foreign powers for region's crises

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili slams the interference of foreign powers in the region intent on imposing their own interests.

"Their interference is not aimed at establishing security and resolving crises," said Jalili in a meeting with Azerbaijan's parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov in Tehran on Saturday.

"Developing cooperation and security bonds between regional countries will be the most appropriate solution to ongoing woes," he added.

Jalili, who is also the representative of the Leader in the council, questioned policies of global powers in Afghanistan and said, "Ten years after the country's occupation, security has not been established for the Afghan people, while the cultivation and smuggling of narcotics have climbed."

He expressed Iran's readiness to make use of its utmost capabilities to bolster security bonds with regional countries and tighten collective security.

Asadov said, in turn, that strengthening peace and cooperation between countries in the region would serve the interests of all regional states.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119079§ionid=351020101.