29 Mar 2024
Monday 12 December 2016 - 10:54
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Foreign intervention fuels Mideast tensions: Iran MP

Foreign intervention fuels Mideast tensions: Iran MP


Press TV- A senior Iranian lawmaker says military intervention by foreign powers in the internal affairs of the Middle Easterncountries has intensified regional tensions.

Military intervention byforeign countries and the deliveryof arms to terrorist groups have led to the escalationof tensions in the region, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi said in a meeting with Ukrainian Ambassador to Tehran Sergei Burdylyak on Sunday.

Boroujerdi described as "wrong and abortive"the bid by the US and its regional allies to supportterrorist groups, saying such a policyis also at odds with their own self-declareddemocratic standards.

Iran, Ukraine must remain in touch

The Ukrainian ambassador, for his part, said senior political and parliamentary officials of Tehran and Kiev must hold constant consultations and exchange regular visits to further improve cordial relations.

Burdylyak added that Iran is an important country in the region and expressed his countrys keenness to bolster political, economic and industrial cooperation with the Islamic Republic.

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