FM SPOKESMAN SAYS IRAN COMMITTED TO REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

Mehr News Agency, Iran
April 3 2013

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast has said
that Iran is committed to regional peace and security, Mehr news
agency reported on 3 April.

“Throughout history, we have had very good relations with countries
and now we seek to achieve peace and security in the region,” Mehr
quoted Mehmanparast as saying at a meeting with Prof Ruben Safrastyan,
the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Armenian
National Academy, during his trip to Armenia.

Mehmanparast added: “We think that the present governing system in
the world is not a just system. That is why advanced knowledge is
monopolized by a few countries. Serious and basic problems in the
world are due to this monopoly.”

The Foreign Ministry spokesman further said that youth should be
equipped with advanced knowledge in order to defend their independence
and that relations with sovereign countries should continue, the
agency added.

[Translated from Persian]

From: A. Papazian