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IRNA -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Monday that Islamic countries should be vigilant against enemies' efforts to sow the seeds of discord among them.
In a meeting with the Speaker of Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri, he stressed strengthening of ties among the regional countries. "We should resist attempts to drive a wedge among Muslim nations specially in Lebanon," Khatami underlined. The fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq has provided a good opportunity in the region, "notably for the people of Iraq to determine their own future," Khatami underlined. Khatami further stressed the "need to be prudent on the part of Muslim countries by not providing a pretext to some powers to exert pressure."
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He hailed developments in southern Lebanon as glorious event for the whole Islamic world, Arabs and Iran. All Lebanese specially the Shia population played a crucial role in defeating the aggressors in the region. Terming the regional situations as "sensitive," Berri stressed the unity among Muslims and called for greater unity of Iran, Lebanon and Syria.
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On the future of Iraq and "US goals in the region in securing Israeli interests," he said, "the US will attempt to create a rift between Tehran, Beirut and Damascus." He referred to the glory of freedom in the southern Lebanon adding the Shia population in the region are happy over the visit by the Iranian president to Lebanon. Khatami, heading a senior politico-economic delegation, arrived in Beirut Monday morning to review expansion of bilateral ties as well as the latest regional and international developments with high-ranking Lebanese officials. |