Iran Press/ Asia: Speaking at the 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi called the Shanghai Cooperation Organization the symbol of a "great family of civilizations," saying: "It now stands in a position that can build new horizons of regional integration and security-building cooperation based on its unique characteristics such as justice, spirituality, and respect for human dignity."
He continued that "maximum interaction and connection" with the region's countries, including the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and influential presence in regional and international arrangements is at the center of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The president of Iran emphasized that in addition to playing a role in ensuring stability and security in the region, the Islamic Republic of Iran has the strategy of "deepening economic multilateralism" on its agenda.
Raisi continued: "The Islamic Republic of Iran's focusing on important arrangements such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS shows our interest in participating in the efforts of aligned countries to establish a fair, transcendent and partnership-based international system. These approaches, along with the broad capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, speed up and facilitate the future movement of the Shanghai Organization."
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He stated: "In recent years, economic and political multilateralism has been seriously threatened, and the US administration is trying to impose its domestic demands and laws on the international system and countries with sovereignty and independence."
He emphasized: "Undoubtedly, American unilateralism seeks to hold countries back from their independent development path."
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In dealing with unilateralism and oppressive sanctions, President Raisi said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization needs to adopt new solutions and special measures; One of them is the formation of sustainable trade among the members of this organization, which itself requires the joint development of infrastructure in the field of financial exchanges, commodity exchanges and data exchange between countries.
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Foreign intervention has no result other than spread of terrorism and insecurity
Iran's president said that the bitter taste of foreign intervention in the region has no result but the creation of terrorism and the spread of insecurity.
He further explained: "The result is the situation we are currently facing in Afghanistan. Not only has America not learned from its failure in Afghanistan, but it continues to spread the policy of spreading insecurity and seeking intervention to other Asian regions."
President Raisi stated that the new security model in Asia should be formed based on "joint development and deepening of multilateralism without the interference of foreign powers" so that collective measures can be implemented to deal with peace and development challenges.
"The Islamic Republic, as a country that has rich ideological and cultural foundations against extremism and takfiri terrorism, and has also successfully proven its capability and efficiency in this direction, believes that the production of international norms and regulations in the fight against terrorism, it should not be done by countries that breed terrorism themselves."
Inclusive government, only solution for Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that there is no solution for sustainable peace in Afghanistan other than the formation of an inclusive government that is the result of authentic inter-Afghan dialogues with the participation of all groups, ethnicities and religions.
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"Experiences like Afghanistan and Syria should be a lesson and should be avoided. Pursuing NATO policies in any way poses a threat to different regions. The establishment of peace, stability and security in the Caucasus region is very important for the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Armenia, Azerbaijan disputes should be resolved through dialogue
Iran's president stated: "We have always emphasized on respecting territorial integrity, national sovereignty and rejecting any change in the recognized borders between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia. The parties should resolve their differences through dialogue and peacefully based on international law."
He noted: "As the Islamic Republic of Iran protects its national interests and security and the region, it also declares its readiness to help resolve the differences between these two neighboring countries."
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