Speaking on Tuesday morning local time, on the second day of his
trip to New York, Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi had a meeting with
the President of the European Council Charles Michel. Enumerating Iran's
solutions and proposals to solve the nuclear issue as well as the
issues related to Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen and Ukraine, adding,
"Efforts to normalise the relations of the Zionist Regime with some
countries cannot bring security for this regime".
The President
described sanctions against countries as inhumane and human rights
violations, and added, "Sanctions on Iran are an unjust violation of the
rights of 80 million Iranians and are serious examples of human rights
violations".
Referring to the issue of nuclear negotiations and the
need to provide confidence-building guarantees, Dr Raisi stated, "It was
the Americans who withdrew from the agreement, and other European
countries did not fulfil their obligations towards Iran, so Iran has the
right to demand confidence-building guarantees".
The President
stated that the resolution of safeguards issues is one of the
prerequisites for reaching an agreement on nuclear issues, and
clarified, "If the safeguards issues are not resolved, what guarantee
will there be that the day after the agreement, the three European
countries will again propose and pursue the issuance of a resolution
against the Islamic Republic of Iran? Therefore, Iran's demands to
resolve safeguard issues are completely reasonable".
Ayatollah Raisi
emphasised, "Sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran have not and
will not stop us and we will continue the growth and progress of our
country with strength".
The President described the solution to the
problems of the Palestinians as the implementation of the Islamic
Republic's proposal to hold a referendum with the presence of all
Palestinians, and said, "Just as various efforts and agreements such as
Sharm el-Sheikh, Camp David and Oslo failed to secure the rights of the
Palestinian people, the efforts to normalise relations of the Zionist
regime with some countries cannot be a security provider for this
regime, and only a fair and logical comprehensive solution can secure
the rights of the Palestinians and establish peace".
Dr Raisi also
stated that the solution to the problem of Afghanistan is to help the
formation of an inclusive government with the presence of all groups and
ethnic groups in this country, and the problems of Yemen can only be
solved by stopping the invasion of this country and breaking the siege
as a prelude to the start of Yemeni-Yemeni dialogues.
In this
meeting, the President of the European Council Charles Michel thanked
for the opportunity to personally meet with Ayatollah Raisi, and said,
"My telephone conversation with your Excellency inspired the approach of
the European Union towards Afghanistan to find a window for dialogue".
The
President of the European Council emphasised that he fully agrees with
the opinion of Dr Raisi about not using the issue of human rights as a
political tool, adding, "The European Union has made efforts to lay the
ground for the restoration of the nuclear deal through bringing opinions
closer together, and in this regard, the issue of sanctions against
Iran, as one of the serious concerns of the Islamic Republic, has always
been considered".
He stated, "The European Union hopes to benefit
from the assistance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the matter of
stopping the conflicts and the establishment of peace in Yemen, forming a
new government and establishing stability in Iraq, establishing peace
in Palestine, stopping the war in Ukraine and forming a comprehensive
government in Afghanistan".
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source : Iran President
Wednesday
21 September 2022
4:40:50 AM
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Referring to the issue of nuclear negotiations and the need to provide confidence-building guarantees, the President said, "It was the Americans who withdrew from the agreement, and other European countries did not fulfil their obligations towards Iran, so Iran has the right to demand confidence-building guarantees".