POST-WWII ECONOMIC THEORIES OBSOLETE: MOTTAKI

Press TV
Jan 20 2010
Iran

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says adopting regional
approaches can ensure sustainable security and stability in the
Caucasus region.

In a Wednesday meeting with former Armenian president Robert Kocharian
in Tehran, Mottaki highlighted the age-old relations between Iran
and Armenia and stressed the importance of maintaining calm in the
Caucasus.

"The stability and security of the Caucasus must be strengthened with
regional approaches."

"The interests of regional countries are served by strategic approaches
that resolve regional woes and crises in the Caucasus region and
guarantee sustainable security there," Mottaki was quoted as saying.

The senior Iranian diplomat added that faulty economic systems were
to blame for the global economic recession.

"This [global economic] crisis revealed that the approaches based
on post-WWII theories are no longer applicable and world countries
by adopting new economic policies must lessen the role US dollar in
transactions as well as their dependence on international monetary
organizations."

Kocharian, for his part, pointed to the relations between Iran and
Armenia, saying, "We will make every effort to expand relations
with Iran."

He went on to describe the presence of foreign troops in the Caucasus
as harmful to the security and stability of regional states, adding
that regional approaches are the best solution for development and
stability.