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Indonesian Parliament Speaker in Tehran

Nov 20, 2007
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Indonesia Emphasizes Justice as Pre-requisite to Peace
Speaking at the 2nd General Assembly of the Asian Parliament Assembly (APA)
November 19th, 2007
Tehran

The Indonesian Parliament Speaker welcomed the Iranian President's emphasis on justice in international affairs during his inaugural speech today morning in Tehran at the 2nd General Assembly of the Asian Parliament Assembly (APA), as the cornerstone of maintaining peace in the world. Agung Laksono said that like Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad he believed that without justice peace is impossible.

He reiterated that in line with this viewpoint, Asian countries should comply with their commitments to maintain peace in the world, especially in the Middle East region by resolving the issues of Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq.
The Indonesian parliament speaker said traces of poverty are evident in Asia, similar to the experiences of the African nations, which warrants Asian countries to come up with due investment projects to tackle the social problems gripping this resourceful continent.

The 2nd APA General Assembly began work in Tehran with speeches by President, Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel.
MPs from 39 countries, including speakers, are attending the meeting to study ways of more convergence among Asian countries. [text source: irib]

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Also in Tehran, Venezuelan President Chavez headed a five minister delegation to Iran. The Venezuelan president is to review the latest regional and international developments as well as further expansion of economic and political relations between the two countries with Ahmadinejad. Both Chavez and Ahmadinejad had been attending the OPEC summit in Riyadh, where Chavez warned oil could hit $200 a barrel if the US was "mad enough to launch a military attack on Iran".

Iran has strongly been cultivating its ties with Non-Aligned allies like Belarus, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela. [text sources: irib & alalam]