Bassil: We have Military Power and Intellect to Eliminate Terrorism
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said from Tehran that the world expects Lebanon and Iran to eradicate terrorism because we have the military power and intelligence to do so, the state-run National News Agency reported.
“We have talked about the expectations of the region and its people from two countries such as Lebanon and Iran. Our main responsibility is to eradicate terrorism from our land," said Bassil in a press conference.
"We have the military capability and the intelligence to prevent its expansion into the world,” the Minister added.
On his second day visit to Tehran, Bassil met with Top Adviser for International Affairs of Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President of the Center for Strategic Research of Iran's Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati.
“Our second responsibility is to develop our people in conjunction with the efforts to eliminate terrorism. It is what Iran has succeeded at," he concluded.
Bassil traveled to Iran on Friday on the same plane as Chairman of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi.
Boroujerdi had paid a visit on Friday to Lebanon where he held talks with senior officials, including Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Bassil, and Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
Bassil attened a regional conference affiliated with the Munich Security Conference at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Mohammed Javad Zarif, reports said.
The conference was attended by a number of regional and international foreign ministers.
Source: Naharnet
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