Iran's package for global problems Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:13:35 http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=53543§ionid=351020101
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili says Tehran will soon unveil a package of proposals which aims at solving the world problems. In a news conference after talks with acting Russian Security Council Secretary Valentin Sobolev in Tehran on Monday, Jalili said he discussed the 'outlines' of the package with the Russian official. Jalili added that the package could provide a basis for negotiations with world powers including p5+1. In response to a question about the details of the package, the Iranian senior official said "Iran and Russia agree that the world could no longer be unipolar." "All countries should participate in the developments that are brought about in the world," he added. "In the move towards a multi-polar world, Iran's capacity and power can not be ignored and the country could contribute to the world security," the Iranian official said. When asked if nuclear issues were discussed during his meeting with Sobolev and if there is any relation between Iran's nuclear issue and the package, Jalili said that "the package is about important international issues and we believe that the nuclear issue could be a subject for discussion between the world powers and the Islamic Republic." "Iran has serious proposals on how to minimize the nuclear threat around the world and how to encourage nuclear disarmament around the globe and at the same time promote continued technological cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy." Sobolev, speaking through an interpreter, said Russia supports any new suggestion which stabilizes international security and global peace. He reiterated that Iran's activities are peaceful and not a threat against any country. Russia's Sobolev arrived in Tehran late on Sunday to hold talks with Iranian officials. +++++++++++++++ *Mahathir calls for war crimes tribunal for US, UK leaders* AFP, LONDON Sunday, Apr 27, 2008, Page 4 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/04/27/2003410381 Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad called on Friday for an international tribunal to try Western leaders for war crimes over the war in Iraq, a spokesman for the organizers said. In a speech at Imperial College, Mahathir called for a tribunal to try US President George W. Bush and former prime ministers Tony Blair of Britain and John Howard of Australia for their part in the conflict, said a spokesman for the Muslim group the Ramadhan Foundation, which organized the event. The spokesman, Mohammed Shafiq, said that Mahathir, who was in office from 1981 to 2003, wants to see the trio tried "in absence for war crimes committed in Iraq." "[The speech] was a opportunity for students to put a range of questions about war crimes and the international situation. He said that people have to stop killing each other and use arbitration, negotiation and discussion as an alternative to violence, war and killing," the spokesman said. On the war in Iraq, Mahathir spoke about "the thousands dying, the economic war, the power of oil and how we could utilize some of these tools to have a leverage against the people who commit countries to war," Shafiq said. He purposely did not speak about or answer questions from students on the political situation in Malaysia, Shafiq said. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is facing growing demands to quit, following an unprecedented electoral setback last month. More than 450 people attended the speech and about 200 more had to be turned away. Mahathir was in Cuba earlier this week to take part in the first International Conference of the Cuban Center for Studies on Defense Information. The Ramadhan Foundation is a leading British Muslim youth organization working for peaceful co-existence and dialogue between communities.
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