Tehran, NU Online
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hoped that Indonesia’s attitude against the current in the voting on the UN additional sanction on Iran in the UN Security Council would change the structure of UN SC.
He made the remark in a joint press conference with visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Presidential Palace in Tehran on Tuesday.<>
"Hopefully, the attitude would change the structure of the UN Security Council in view of its failure in maintaining peace in the world," he said.
Admadinejad also hoped that the Indonesian stance would bring about justice in the world organization itself.
"It’s a just and legal stance," he said, adding that the attitude may improve the relations between Indonesia and Iran.
"We in Iran will continue consulting international issues," he said as quoted by Antara news agency.
Wearing a gray coat, Ahmadinejad said that his Indonesian friends under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as brothers will keep on trying to bring about peace in the world.
After the meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Yudhoyono and his entourage made a courtesy call on that Iran’s spiritual leader Ali Khameini for an exchange of views for about 45 minutes.
Benefit the West
Meanwhile,a political expert at Airlangga University in Surabaya, Dr Daniel Sparringa, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit to Iran will benefit western countries.
"SBY (the president) is showing consistency in his foreign policy of trying to bridge the divide between western countries and Islam, and therefore his visit will benefit not only Iran but also the West," Sparringa said.
He said it was not the first time for Yudhoyono to show a political stance of maintaining an equi-distance between the ’two voices’ as he had once bridged differences between the interests of the developing countries and the West.
"Thus, Yudhoyono’s visit to Iran reflects the root of his political stance of allowing room for political moderation so that the visit will not disadvantage but benefit Indonesia because Iran and the West will thereby feel they are being mediated," he said.
Sparringa also said Yudhoyono’s visit to Iran could remedy Indonesia’s ’political wound’ caused by the government’s support for UN Security Council Resolution 1747 in 2007 on Iran’s nuclear development program although the visit was not motivated by a government wish to counterbalance its past stance on Iran’s nuclear issue.
"Anyway, I think Indonesia’s free and active foreign policy should indeed make Indonesia play a role as a mediator between the two voices in the world," he said.
Relations between Indonesia and Iran now seemed to have become affected by UN Resolution 1747 as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had attended the D-8 (developing countries) meeting in Bali when the issue of Iran’s nuclear program in the UN Security Council heated up in May, 2006.
The Indonesian parliament and leading figures once criticized the government’s decision to support UN Security Council Resolution 1747 against Iran’s nuclear program.
In March, 2008, the Indonesian government turned out to be the only country in the UN Security Council which abstained in a vote on a third UN Security Council resolution on Iran’s nuclear program (Resolution 1803). (dar)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hoped that Indonesia’s attitude against the current in the voting on the UN additional sanction on Iran in the UN Security Council would change the structure of UN SC.
He made the remark in a joint press conference with visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Presidential Palace in Tehran on Tuesday.<>
"Hopefully, the attitude would change the structure of the UN Security Council in view of its failure in maintaining peace in the world," he said.
Admadinejad also hoped that the Indonesian stance would bring about justice in the world organization itself.
"It’s a just and legal stance," he said, adding that the attitude may improve the relations between Indonesia and Iran.
"We in Iran will continue consulting international issues," he said as quoted by Antara news agency.
Wearing a gray coat, Ahmadinejad said that his Indonesian friends under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as brothers will keep on trying to bring about peace in the world.
After the meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Yudhoyono and his entourage made a courtesy call on that Iran’s spiritual leader Ali Khameini for an exchange of views for about 45 minutes.
Benefit the West
Meanwhile,a political expert at Airlangga University in Surabaya, Dr Daniel Sparringa, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit to Iran will benefit western countries.
"SBY (the president) is showing consistency in his foreign policy of trying to bridge the divide between western countries and Islam, and therefore his visit will benefit not only Iran but also the West," Sparringa said.
He said it was not the first time for Yudhoyono to show a political stance of maintaining an equi-distance between the ’two voices’ as he had once bridged differences between the interests of the developing countries and the West.
"Thus, Yudhoyono’s visit to Iran reflects the root of his political stance of allowing room for political moderation so that the visit will not disadvantage but benefit Indonesia because Iran and the West will thereby feel they are being mediated," he said.
Sparringa also said Yudhoyono’s visit to Iran could remedy Indonesia’s ’political wound’ caused by the government’s support for UN Security Council Resolution 1747 in 2007 on Iran’s nuclear development program although the visit was not motivated by a government wish to counterbalance its past stance on Iran’s nuclear issue.
"Anyway, I think Indonesia’s free and active foreign policy should indeed make Indonesia play a role as a mediator between the two voices in the world," he said.
Relations between Indonesia and Iran now seemed to have become affected by UN Resolution 1747 as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had attended the D-8 (developing countries) meeting in Bali when the issue of Iran’s nuclear program in the UN Security Council heated up in May, 2006.
The Indonesian parliament and leading figures once criticized the government’s decision to support UN Security Council Resolution 1747 against Iran’s nuclear program.
In March, 2008, the Indonesian government turned out to be the only country in the UN Security Council which abstained in a vote on a third UN Security Council resolution on Iran’s nuclear program (Resolution 1803). (dar)
