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190398
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 13:44
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Iranian Deputy FM Blasts NATO's Military Intervention in Libya
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani lashed out at the NATO for its military intervention in Libya which has led to the massacre of the innocent people in the Muslim country, saying that the western states' wrong interpretation of the UN resolution has created a vast scene of crimes in Libya.
Ahani made the remarks in a meeting with the special envoy of the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Darko Tanaskovic, in Tehran on Tuesday.
At the meeting, Ahani lambasted NATO's military intervention in Libya and said it resulted from the NATO's misinterpretation of the March 19 UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for the protection of the Libyan civilians against forces loyal to the country's longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
NATO has conducted hundreds of sorties over Libya since it assumed control of a military campaign to impose a no-fly zone over the country in late March.
NATO itself has admitted to killing revolutionary fighters and civilians in airstrikes in Eastern Libya but has adamantly refused to apologize for the deadly bombardments.
Ahani also slammed the West's double-standard policies in the region, and called for reforms in the UN's structure, stressing that all countries should have a share in the world management system.
The Serbian official, for his part, expressed pleasure in the growing trend of the development of bilateral relations between the two countries, and extended an invitation to Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to attend the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) scheduled for late summer this year in Belgrade.
NAM, which has 118 member states, is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
Ahani made the remarks in a meeting with the special envoy of the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Darko Tanaskovic, in Tehran on Tuesday.
At the meeting, Ahani lambasted NATO's military intervention in Libya and said it resulted from the NATO's misinterpretation of the March 19 UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for the protection of the Libyan civilians against forces loyal to the country's longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
NATO has conducted hundreds of sorties over Libya since it assumed control of a military campaign to impose a no-fly zone over the country in late March.
NATO itself has admitted to killing revolutionary fighters and civilians in airstrikes in Eastern Libya but has adamantly refused to apologize for the deadly bombardments.
Ahani also slammed the West's double-standard policies in the region, and called for reforms in the UN's structure, stressing that all countries should have a share in the world management system.
The Serbian official, for his part, expressed pleasure in the growing trend of the development of bilateral relations between the two countries, and extended an invitation to Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to attend the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) scheduled for late summer this year in Belgrade.
NAM, which has 118 member states, is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
