TEHRAN (Iran News) –President Ebrahim Raisi insists the “new Asia” in the modern world requires cooperation to develop an endogenous pattern for independent states in their efforts to overcome security, economic, media and cyber challenges.
Raisi made the remarks in an address to the 6th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on Thursday.
Designing such a pattern “is particularly important in establishing a common financial system and using regional currencies, designing norms and regulations for combating terrorism as well as strengthening media cooperation,” he said.
He further emphasized that terrorism-nurtured countries and bullying powers that have taken the global financial system hostage and continue to loot the wealth of other nations cannot serve as trustworthy partners in shaping the emerging order.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns and confronts terrorism in any form, including economic terrorism which seeks to block the economic development of independent countries,” Raeisi said, adding that persistent and collective cooperation is required to combat economic terrorism as a threat to the entire world.
The Iranian president stated that the world today “needs a more effective role of regional mechanisms to create more opportunities for the objective interaction of international players and the peaceful settlement of regional and global issues.”
Definitely, he underlined, Iran will be a steadfast partner in pursuing and strengthening “multilateralism based on justice.”
He then reiterated that Tehran believes in securing common interests of independent countries through cooperation and will continue this strategy regardless of international developments.
“This approach will increase cooperation among governments, welfare of nations and regional confidence,” the president added.
He said CICA, as an effective mechanism, has played an unparalleled role in promoting peace, security and sustainable development among Asian nations since it is based on mutual trust, common interests, equality and respect for cultural diversities.
The Iranian chief executive further warned that unilateralism continues plotting to destabilize countries, hinder their progress, and block convergence among independent nations.
“This important [issue] indicates that convergence and security in Asia are not compatible with the interests of hegemonic countries and any attempt to destabilize independent nations has goals and consequences beyond national geographies, and in fact, aims to target the stability and prosperity of regional countries,” he said.
Speaking to reporters before leaving Tehran, Raisi emphasized that active cooperation with regional and trans-regional organizations is a key part of his administration’s foreign policy.
“Cooperation with these organizations is a good opportunity and can strengthen convergence, neighborliness and multilateralism,” he said, adding that cooperation with organizations such as CICA can provide an opportunity for Iran to make use of Asia’s economic infrastructure.
CICA is defined as a multi-national forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security, and stability in Asia and is based on the recognition that there is a close link between peace, security, and stability in Asia and in the rest of the world. Iran Daily reports.
Iranian Leader Says Unipolar World Order Losing Legitimacy
(Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the unipolar world order in which one or two states impose their will on other countries is no longer accepted.
He made the remarks on Friday morning while receiving a host of Iranian officials and guests of the 36th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran.
“The political map of the world is changing,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The issue of being in a unipolar world where “one or two countries forcing other states and nations has lost its legitimacy,” he said, adding, “Nations have been awakened. The unipolar world order is no longer accepted and is gradually losing its legitimacy.”
In a unipolar system, he maintained, arrogant powers such as the US, would design their own schemes and dictate them to other countries such as Iraq, Syria, Iran, or Lebanon.
The people of the world are awakening to the truth of those powers and are opposed to one or two states bullying others into obedience, he said.
Ayatollah Khamenei also said Islamic unity means being united in safeguarding the interests of the Islamic Ummah across the world.
“Unity means being united in protecting the interests of the Islamic Ummah (community),” he told Iranian officials and guests of the 36th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran.
It also does not mean geographical unity, he maintained, as some Arab countries tried to get united in the 1960s and 1970s. “This is impossible.”
“We should first detect the interests of the Muslim Ummah. Then, nations should come to an agreement on that and see what the Ummah needs at the time; [they should see] to whom they should be foes, [and] with whom friends, and how they should engage in friendship.”
Unity means implementing “joint actions against the plots of the Arrogance,” he added.
The 36th International Islamic Unity Conference officially opened on Wednesday at Tehran’s Summit Hall with the participation of delegates from over 40 countries
The annual conference is organized by the Iran-based World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought. The annual event marks Islamic Unity Week which coincides with the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
“Islamic unity, peace and avoiding division and conflict within the Islamic world” has been named as the main theme of the conference. Just war and peace, Islamic brotherhood, countering terrorism, accepting religious consensus, empathy, and sympathy, mutual action among various Islamic schools of thought, and condemning normalization of relations with the Zionist regime are among the other topics of the event.
The Muslim Ummah can attain a “high position” in the new world which is gradually being shaped, he said, adding that the Muslim world can become a “role model” and a “pioneer.”
However, he continued, the only condition for realizing this is to have unity and overcome the temptations of enemies, especially the US and Israel.
“Unity among Islamic nations is possible but it needs efforts,” he said, adding, most hope on this issue is pinned on elites and thinkers of the Muslim world as they can guide the public opinion toward the issue. “If the public opinion is formed in a country, the administrative policies of that country will forcibly move in that direction.”
Ayatollah Khamenei went on to note that the Islamic Republic stood against two major powers of the time, namely the US and the Soviet Union.
“The powers had differences in tens of issues but they were united in one thing: opposing the Islamic Republic,” he said, adding, “They imagined that they could uproot this seedling [but] this seedling has now turned into a mighty tree.”
“They are damn wrong in thinking that they can uproot it,” he said, Iran Daily writes