RUSSIA AND IRAN JUDGEMENT STRENGTHENING THE GLOBAL ONES AND REGIONAL
STABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FOR PRIORITY FUNCTION








MOSCOW, 13 March.  / RIA "Nowosti" Korr. /.  Russia and Iran judge
strengthening global and regional strategic stability and
international security, the protection of the principles of the equal
rights, the mutual attention and mutually favourable co-operation in
the world for the priority function of the present.

As informed sources in the State Department of the RF indicated, the
topic of strategic stability had today in the focus of the
negotiations of the ministers of foreign affairs of Russia and Iran,
Igor Iwanow and Kamal Kharrazi, confessed.

According to their opinion the strict adherence to of the obligations
from the existing contracts and agreements is in the safety area by
all states and on this basis further measures for the delimitation of
weapons and for disarmament important conditions for the reaching of
the above-mentioned targets.

In this connection the director/conductor of the offices with regard
to foreign policy of the two countries a special topicality of
preservation and adherence to the ABM contract stressed from the year
1972, the cornerstone of strategic stability and in the course of
decades proven foundation for reduction of strategic offensive weapons
are.

The pages expressed serious concern around the danger floating over
the contract to its destruction in connection with the intention of
the USA of unfolding a strategic national anti-missile defense system.


Like the ministers of foreign affairs of Russia and Iran mean, can the
destruction of the ABM contract to verderblichsten consequences - to
undermining the security of the whole world community, for the
blocking of the process of the nuclear weapon disarmament and for the
creation of prerequisites for the arms race - lead.

As one underlined in the State Department of the RF, the presidents of
Russia have and Iran during the negotiations the importance of the
resolution of the UN plenary assembly over preservation and adherence
to the ABM contract emphasized, which had been assumed by the
overwhelming majority of votes, to what from global international
support of this document witnesses.