Honesty Of Intˈl Coalition Against Daesh Under Question: Afkham

Tehran, Sept 11, IRNA – There are serious ambiguities in the real intention of an emerging so-called international coalition against the terrorist group of Daesh (also know as ISIS), Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maziyeh Afkham said on Thursday. Formation of an international coalition against Daesh terrorists was raised by the US at the end of the NATO summit in Wales, Britain. "There are doubts about seriousness of the coalition which has come to existence after the NATO summit, in its fight against terrorists," Afkham told reporters here. She argued that certain members of the so-called coalition are among financial and security supporters of terrorists in Iraq and Syria and some others have failed to act according to their international responsibility vis-à-vis Iraq and Syria hoping to create political changes in those countries. Criticizing long history of West's double standards and selective use of terrorism and extremism, Afkham said the trend had "no result but the spread of terrorism and extremism as well as emergence of their new branches in different parts of the world." She urged Western states "to avoid making such gestures and halt their political exploitations as well as their double standard policies and try to prove their honesty in waging a collective and massive war against terrorism and extremism if they really are afraid of increasing spread of terrorism" worldwide. Afkham also commented on a recent statement by a spokesperson of the US State Department who had said during Iran-US bilateral talks in Geneva, the two side also discussed the issue of Daesh terrorist group. "In talks with the American side, no issue has been discussed expect that of nuclear program. The issue of Daesh was only mentioned by the US delegation," Afkham added./end