Iran: Foreign Plans for Middle East Security Unattainable

Iran’s defense minister says foreign plans for bolstering security in the Middle East will inevitably fail and any plan made for this purpose must originate within the region.

Brigadier General Amir Hatami made the remarks in Russia’s capital on Tuesday as he arrived to take part in Moscow International Security Conference.

 “Security plans made outside the region cannot be realized, because they are not familiar with the nature of regional organs and also are not compatible with the interests of the regional countries,” he added, according to Press TV.

 He said all foreign plans aimed at bolstering security in the region have failed and added that an alliance formed by the resistance front supported the Syrian government in the genuine fight against terrorism and succeeded in defeating Daesh terrorist group.

However, the US-led coalition pursued a very selective approach based on its own interests in the anti-terror campaign, the Iranian defense minister emphasized..

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian defense minister said he would hold talks with Russian officials about ways to strengthen military cooperation and added that Tehran and Moscow have good cooperation on regional and international issues.

A senior Iranian official said in June 2017 that the Islamic Republic and Russia are boosting strategic cooperation in the fight against terrorism in Syria.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said, “We believe that such relations are underway in a strategic form, particularly since Russia’s serious and effective involvement in the fight against terrorism started in Syria.”

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