Posted on 07/05/2011 4:22:17 PM PDT by nuconvert
TEHRAN – For the first time the Islamic Republic of Iran participated in a meeting of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which opened in La Maddalena, Italy yesterday and closes today.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ali Ahani represents Iran at the meeting and is scheduled to deliver a speech at the gathering.
He will also hold talks with a number of participants in the meeting.
Representatives from 25 countries are attending the event, IRNA reported.
According to IRNA, the participants will discuss the situation in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf region, transition of power in certain Arab countries, the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region, the situation in Iraq, and NATO’s operations in the Mediterranean.
The NATO PA Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group (GSM) provides a forum for parliamentarians from NATO countries and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to discuss political and security issues and to enhance cooperation.
As one of the first institutions to engage with the region, the NATO PA started a dialogue with MENA countries in the early 1990s. As a formal mechanism to address regional challenges, the GSM was launched in 1996.
La Maddalena! I used to live there, tiny island between Sardegna and Corsica. I wonder why it was held there?
Where in the North Atlantic is Iran located?
Becau se it’s exclusive, beautiful and expensive.
Ok let’s see:
NATO is our stoolie bombing the snot out of Tripoli.
Iran is getting nukes and threatening Israel and Europe with them.
Now NATO is inviting Iran to its parties.
NATO should be bombing the snot out of Tehran.
...a meeting of the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly... Representatives from 25 countries are attending the event... participants will discuss the situation in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Persian Gulf region, transition of power in certain Arab countries, the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region, the situation in Iraq, and NATO's operations in the Mediterranean... political and security issues and to enhance cooperation.Cooperatin'... I'm reminded of the original series Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action".
I have seen NATO do some pretty dumb things in my day, but inviting Iran in to spout off?
Wow.
NATO, in essence, became an extension of the UN in the last couple of decades, Unsurprisingly.
There have been constant comparisons between USSR, its economy, and the ‘leftist style propaganda’ with that of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). Yet, when it comes to IRI & the Commies, the balance for some, unfortunately conservatives too, dips in favor of IRI - don’t we know 99% of Iranians are Moslems. We have to respect their ‘religion’. And, No, Islam is not an ideology...
Well, the telegram instructions told NATO to bomb Iran, but they misread it and thought it said "get the Iranians bombed". Mistakes happen.
Guess it's another official forum for "Dialogue amongst Civilizations", per words of that charlatan, former *Reformist* Iranian President, Mullah Khatami.
BTW - NATO is, primarily, the US, and secondarily, her allies.
It really is a beautiful area, it’s located just north of the Costa Smeralda on Sardegna, it gets its name from the emerald colored water. Some of the smaller islands in the achipelago have pink sand beaches. Quaint little town on the south side of the island, former US sub base on the north. I remember seeing submarines cruising through the straits between the islands.
Nice that you got to live there, I’m a little jealous. :’)
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