Mottaki Urges Outsiders to Leave Region

Source: Al-Manar TV, 13-10-2008

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said after a meeting with Lebanese Christian Leader Michel Aoun who was on a formal visit to Iran that Iranian-Lebanese relations were based on mutual concerns and interests, adding that Iran and Lebanon would work to further promote relations. "The future is promising," he stressed.

The Iranian FM said that the Islamic Republic and the vibrant Christian faction inside Lebanon, led by Aoun, have common position on regional issues and relations between Tehran and Beirut.

He also urged outsiders to leave the Middle East, saying it would be the best choice before them.

"Those who have come to the region from tens of thousands of kilometers away are after their illegal and illegitimate interests by imposing their will on regional nations and countries," Mottaki said

"The enemies' plots have failed to materialize. People of the region know exactly what they are doing," he said.