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    IRAN MINISTER DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS WITH GEORGIAN PRESIDENT

    Islamic Republic News Agency
    Sept 17 2008

    Tehran, 17 September: Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki
    in a meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili discussed
    issues related to the Caucasus region and how to implement peace and
    stability in the region.

    According to an IRNA correspondent in Tbilisi, Mottaki referred to
    recent incidents and the human casualties. He said: We are saddened
    by the recent bitter incidents and human casualties. We follow up
    incidents carefully and are sensitive to peace and stability of
    the region.

    The minister of foreign affairs of our country described the recent
    diplomatic moves made by the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Caucasus
    incident. He said: We have had constructive and useful consultation
    with various involved parties in the region concerning how to find
    appropriate solutions to the present situation and to identify
    appropriate methods to restore peace and security.

    Referring to his consultations with officials in Moscow, Baku, Berlin
    and Armenia, he stressed: We had useful consultations with Russian,
    Azeri, Armenian and German officials on how to find a mechanism to
    restore peace and security in the Caucasus within the framework of
    regional interests and approaches. Today in Tbilisi in line with the
    same consultations, the background events that led to the incident
    and the methods to get out of the crisis were discussed. We hope that
    by identifying solutions to the crisis, we can take positive steps
    to achieve peace and security in the Caucasus region.

    Our foreign minister also discussed bilateral issues with the Georgian
    president.

    Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian president, also referred to the
    position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region and stressed:
    Iran enjoys an important position in the region.

    He added: We attach great importance to the deepening of our ties
    with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Georgia is indebted to Iran.

    He also called for constant consultation between Tehran and Tbilisi
    to achieve this objective.

    The Georgian president described the current dispute in the region
    and said that the dispute is destructive. He expressed the hope that
    regional consultation and the moves by the Islamic Republic of Iran
    would pave the way for the restoration of peace and security in the
    Caucasus region.

    He stressed: We are ready to cooperate with any regional power that
    is capable of normalizing the situation.
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