Posted on 07/23/2006 5:26:04 PM PDT by PghBaldy
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Sunday confirmed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent a letter to the French President Jacques Chirac, adding that its content is different from his letters to the US president and German chancellor.
Speaking to domestic and foreign reporters in this week's briefing session, he said that Ahmadinejad's letter was submitted to Chirac by Iran's new Ambassador to Paris Ali Ahani on the sidelines of a meeting in which he presented his credentials.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Ahmadinejad's letter deals with issues of significance.
In response to a question about the aim of such letters, he said that Iran intends to convey its views on world problems to the heads of other states in a documented and tangible way.
Concerning Iran's nuclear stance and whether it will accept the suspension of enrichment, on which a reporter asked him to be transparent, Asefi said, "I believe that everything depends on the relevant talks." About the US support for the crimes of Zionist regime, he said that such support is against humanity rather than the people of Lebanon.
The spokesman said that the US and Israel's plots target not only Lebanon, but the entire Middle East as well as Arab and Islamic states.
Responding to another question about sympathizing with Lebanese nation, he said, "They do not need any sympathy, rather they need the courage of international bodies to mediate on the issue and stop the Zionists crimes." Replying to a question about Iran-Turkey border cooperation, he said that what is brought up under the framework of border control and safeguard is related to collaboration between the two countries on border issues.
A Turkish daily, quoting the Iranian ambassador to Turkey, had recently claimed that Iran will support any possible trans-border operations by Turkish Armed Forces against PKK forces in northern Iraq.
"The remarks of our ambassador in Ankara have not been reflected accurately. What he meant was support for the measures taken by Turkish troops in the soil of that country," he added.
A letter from a skunk protesting a "bad odor" ??
Now that's rich.
Was it written in crayon?
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Send him tickets to EuroDisney courtesy of Porky Pig.
I think it is the Muslim way to seek to treat with it's enemies and allies of its enemies, before full scale hostilities break out.
The Muslims can then say their opponents were given fair opportunity to concede before warfare is used.
I view this series of letters; Germany, France, I think the UK and US have already had one, as a prelude to overt hostile action by Iran.
Taken into the context that Ahmadinejad has said something special will occur by 22 August, and his threats to Israel, I think that not to expect the Iranians to start something serious is naive.
Yes. I saw somewhere that Israel & Egypt supposedly (implicitly) agreed on direct Iranian involvement in the Hizballah attacks. Here it is (WND thread):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670958/posts
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