TEHRAN – We are ready to hold talks with regional countries to decreasetensions and to maintain stability and security,” Head of Iran’s StrategicCouncil on Foreign Relations Kamal Kharazi said in an address to the SecondTehran Security Conference, IRNA gas reported.
“West Asia has faced many developments including aggressions againstneighboring countries over the past four decades,” he said.
“Among these aggressions are imposed wars by Iraq on Iran, the Soviet Unionon Afghanistan, Iraq on Kuwait, US on Iraq, Western countries on Libya inNorth Africa and the developments during Arab Spring,” he noted.
“The illegal interference of regional and trans-regional countries in theinternal affairs of Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and Yemen have created chaos inthe region,” Kharrazi said.
He referred to demonstrations as people’s right, saying misusing theseprotests by certain powers like sending weapons and supporting terroristsin Syria pave the way for tarnishing the image of Islam and alsomanslaughter and damage.
Kharrazi also called for finding a solution to exit from these issues.
The 2nd Tehran Security Conference 2018 started in Iran capital city onMonday.
Problems facing West Asia such as terrorism, extremism, general security,environmental risks, regional security, big powers interventionism,governance, cyber revolution, economic development, emerging identities,weapons trends and West Asia in post-Western unilateralism era are majortopics scheduled to be discussed in the one-day event.