Foreign Minister Mottaki discusses with UN senior officials

 IRNA – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in separate meetings with Under-Secretary General of the UN in Humanitarian Affairs as well as Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union discussed issues of mutual interest with them. In his meeting with Baroness Valerie Amos, Mottaki underlined necessity of strengthening management of regional crises by participation of the countries of the region as well as the UN humanitarian affairs active presence in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He added that for implementation of approved projects of the UN in a number of needy countries some regional countries have abilities to do so with a very low cost, which should be considered by the UN officials.
The Under-Secretary General, for her part, referred to some existing limitations for implementing duties of Humanitarian Affairs Department, including political sensitivities of a number of countries, meanwhile, she appreciated Iran’s assistance in this concern, especially in Afghanistan. In another meeting, Mottaki discussed the latest developments between world parliaments, especially Iran’s parliament( Majlis) with Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Anders B. Johnsson.
Mottaki underlined necessity of enjoying the same rights by all world parliaments and called for prevention of enforcement of some countries views in this concern.
Johnsson by presenting a report on world parliaments situation, welcomed election of one of Iranian Majlis deputies as head of Asian Inter-parliamentary committee.

Iran’s Larijani: Obama, an international villain

ISNA -Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the US President Barack Obama is an international villain.

Larijani referred to recent remarks of Obama on Iran and said, "How dare Obama announce that he wants to help the Iranian nation? He should know that he is an international villain, he has never sided with Iranian nation."

"Today, the US is standing against Iranian nation, Obama should know that we do not want his messages, what we need is to be able to trust his words," Larijani said as addressing Iranians in the southern province of Fars on Saturday.

"Today Americans showed a behavior that they should be given an international villainy medal," Iranian Parliament Speaker continued.

Larijani said the US was seeking chicanery, "they sent two countries (Turkey and Brazil) for talks with Iran on nuclear issue, but then they changed their approach which showed they were only seeking chicanery."

"The measure sends the signal that the US must be dealt with vigilantly," Larijani said.

Iran, Turkey and Brazil signed a proposal called Tehran declaration on May 17, based on which Iran would send half of its uranium stockpile to Turkey to receive highly-enriched uranium at a later time.

The measure was shortly followed by the US-sponsored 4th round of Security Council sanction against Iran.

Larijani’s remarks came after Obama told the BBC’s Persian channel that the door for diplomacy with Tehran was still open over its nuclear issue.

"Our strong preference is to resolve these issues diplomatically. I think that’s in Iran’s interest. I think that is in the interest of the international community," Obama said.

Ahmet Davutoglu, for his part, evaluated relations between Iran and Turkey positive and underlined necessity of promoting cooperation, especially in the free trade zones in border areas.