Iran's Ahmadinejad Slams US at Afghan-Tajik Summit

[شمله ور خراساني]

07/08/2010

TEHRAN, (AFP) – Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday hosted a mini-summit with his Afghan and Tajik counterparts, Hamid Karzai and Emomali Rakhmon, and denounced the deployment of foreign troops in Afghanistan."Our security is linked. We suffer from what is happening in Afghanistan from an emotional and security point of view," Ahmadinejad said as the three leaders signed two cooperation accords in Tehran.
"The Afghan question must be resolved within the region, and experience has shown that others are unable to solve problems in the region, as they have been unable to do in Iraq," he said of the United States and its allies.
It was the fourth gathering between the tripartite group of Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan, which with a combined population of 110 million people share the Farsi language and Persian culture.
Kabul has good relations with Tehran despite being heavily reliant militarily and financially on the United States, which has been at loggerheads with the Islamic republic for decades.
Secret US military documents posted on whistleblower website WikiLeaks suggest that Iran provides hefty support to insurgents fighting US-led troops in Afghanistan. Ahmadinejad has denied the allegations.
In a joint statement on Thursday, the three presidents pledged to boost cooperation in transport and business as well as in "the fight against terrorism and drugs trafficking."
They also agreed Kabul would host their next round of talks.




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[Catya Sher]

I like that Ahmadinejad always shows human caring about the Afghans.
You guys won't agree, but this mention of suffering from Afghanistan's tragic situation 'from an EMOTIONAL and security point of view' - shows that he puts HUMANS and their pain FIRST. Not inconveniences to smooth running of regional BUSINESS, or any practical consideration.

I looked up the leader of Tajikistan. A long-time Communist, he used to be RahmonOV. He dropped the Russian ending after Tajikistan's purported departure from Moscow's long arm.

Here is my fanciful report :

Rahmon dozed off a lot, contributed little content to the meetings. He woke up only for the exquisite chelo kebab served.

Karzai nervously implored Ahmadinejad and Khamanei to help him get out his mess! Dabbing at his eyes, the Afghan leader loudly sniffled from time to time to win their hearts.

Ahmadinejad : "There, there, Hamid Agha, calm down, we will see" :
refusing to concretely commit and wondering to himself "Is this a dramatic acting performance or is he really fearing for his survival ?
Can we trust this guy at all? Could he be a plant from the West to find out about us?"

So emotions were the name of the game here.

By the way, "Persian Summit" was coined by VOA/Radio Free Europe.
The Iranian media instead only used the terms "Tripartite" or "Trilateral" to make a statement of equality among the countries.