GERMAN MP: IRAN ENTITLED TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR ENERGY
Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA, Iran
June 27 2007
A German MP said on Wednesday that Iran has the right to produce
nuclear energy.
The visiting Deputy Head of Green Party Faction in Germany’s parliament
Jurgen Trittin made the remarks in a meeting with a number of
representatives of religious minorities in Iranian parliament (Majlis).
"All countries signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are
entitled to use civilian nuclear energy," Trittin noted.
Pointing to the importance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the
region, he expressed hope the international community will expand
cooperation with the country in security issues.
Iranian member of parliament Gevork Vartan said, for his part,
that Iranian statesmen make efforts to remove problems faced by
religious minorities, adding Iran does not allow interference of
foreign countries in its national affairs.
Vartan, who represents Armenians in Iran, referred to the satisfactory
coexistence among religious minorities and Muslims in the country,
saying the minorities enjoy good conditions in different socio-cultural
and religious areas.
He further underlined the need for expansion of cultural and social
cooperation between Iran and Germany.