Larijani invites regional states to form alliance for campaign against terrorism

Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Sunday invited the regional states including Saudi Arabia to form alliance for international campaign against terrorism. Larijani made the remarks in his speech to International Conference on Security opened in Tehran Sunday. He urged all regional countries to form coalitions to help resolve the humanitarian crises in different parts of the region, including, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain Larijani said that instead of engaging in war of attrition, regional countries, such as Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq and Pakistan can begin a movement towards regional tranquility based on Islam, support for the Palestinian people, fight against terrorism and mutual economic interests. 'All these countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, have to know that Iran is neither their enemy, nor is it opposing them to play a major role in the region,' Larijani said. 'We are opposed to war-mongering in Yemen and Syria. However, we openly announce that we respect for all Muslim regional countries playing a role in establishment of security in the region and regard it as a useful measure,' he added. Although it seems that the security confusion in the region is not to come to an end within a short period of time, Iran reaches out to the all Muslim countries for finding a settlement to regional conflicts, said the Iranian speaker. 1378/IRNA