December 10, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd on Thursday blasted the western countries for their silence and ignorance with regard to the savage crimes committed by the Zionist regime against the regional countries.

During the meeting held on the sidelines of the third meeting of the Democracy Forum in Bali, Indonesia, Mottaki regretted that the Western states were keeping their eyes closed on the illegal acts and crimes committed by the Zionist regime in the region.

He also reiterated that the Zionist regime and its nuclear weapons were roots of every problem in the region.

If the Western states had adopted a realistic viewpoint and looked at the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty through a comprehensive and non-selective point of view, then things could have moved towards interaction and cooperation instead of confrontation, Mottaki said.

He criticized the West's double standard policy towards Iran for its peaceful nuclear program noting that Tehran and Canberra could make "constructive" consultations at the international arena for nuclear disarmament.

Iranian officials have always called Israel root cause of all wars and crimes in the region.

Earlier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Zionist regime of Israel a "racist group", blaming all wars and crimes on Zionists.

The Zionist regime (of Israel) is the origin of all wars, genocide, terrors and crimes against humanity and it is a racist entity which does not respect human principles, Ahmadinejad said in March.

He also cautioned that the Zionist regime is seeking hegemony over the world, and added, "It is a well-known fact today that the Zionist regime's mission is occupation, threat, violence, war mongering and paving the ground for oppressors' hegemony."

Stressing that the Zionist regime was created by the arrogant powers to serve as a base in this sensitive region, the Iranian president stated, "Zionists do not adhere to any religion. Furthermore they are against the prophets."

He also lambasted the claims made by the supporters of the Zionist regime about defending human rights, and added that supporters of the Zionist regime who are shouting slogans for human rights and anti-terrorism, support organized crimes of the occupying regime.