Are We Serious in the Fight Against Terrorism?

Date: 08 December 2018 - 21:41

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By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

The title of the declaration following end of the one-day conference of parliamentary speakers of six countries in Tehran "Synergy for countering terrorism and consolidating regional cooperation”, certainly sounds impressive.
So was the speech of President Dr. Hassan Rouhani, who in his inaugural address dealt with issues and actors trying to disturb the peace of the region, and rightly called US policies against the Islamic Republic of Iran as "economic terrorism”.
Majlis Speaker Dr. Ali Larijani in his address, while taking over chairmanship of the "2nd Speakers’ Conference on the Challenge of Terrorism and Inter-Regional Connectivity” from his Turkish counterpart, Bin-Ali Yildrim, also focused on the organized terrorism of Washington and its stooges in the region and the urgent need to counter these destabilizing activities.
The Speakers of all participant countries – Iran, Turkey, Russia, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan – struck the same chord in their addresses to the conference that the only solution to the American mischief, which threatens to weaken Asian countries, is to find out and cut off the roots of terrorism in order to ensure peace, connectivity and prosperity in the region.
Good and great words indeed. It now remains to be seen what measures member countries will take to implement the main points emphasized by the Tehran Declaration, especially the importance of multilateralism, so as to thwart the unilateral and extraterritorial measures of any hegemonic country that violates international law and contradicts the United Nations Charter by trying to isolate a sovereign independent member of the World Body through sanctions, threats, illegal military presence, and supply of weapons to terrorist outfits and purveyors of state terrorism.
The position of the Islamic Republic in this regard is crystal clear, and so are its practical policies to counter terrorists and terrorism, as is borne out by its advisory role on request in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere to protect peoples and countries from being taken over by the enemies of humanity.
Russia also played valuable role in Syria through its air power to defeat the designs of the terrorists and their masters, and to a certain extent, so did China, by expressing support for the terrorized countries and peoples, and nullifying the bids of the mischievous powers at the UN Security Council to push through dubious resolutions.
Turkey, it seems, has realized the folly of siding with the godfathers of terrorism against Syria, and the sooner it withdraws its forces from its southern neighbour, the better for regional peace, security and collective development.
As for Pakistan, it is hoped that the new government which of late has issued encouraging statements against American meddling, will realize its potential to stand against Washington’s pressures regarding political and commercial ties with its immediate neighbours.
Moreover, Islamabad ought to be extra cautious vis-à-vis American client regimes in the region such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which wholeheartedly serve Zionist interests and try to silence Muslim countries through generous monetary bribes as well as employment opportunities (actually enslavement) for their nationals in exchange of a few petro-dollars.
Afghanistan is presently under American occupation, which cannot last long, and in view of the independent nature of its Muslim people, Kabul needs to mend fences with all ethnic and religious groups of the country, in addition to forging strong ties with its neighbours as well as the other Asian countries, in order to defeat terrorism and overcome the drug proliferation menace.
Hopefully, by next year the Speakers’ Assembly will be enlarged to include Iraq, Syria, and other independent regional states (for example India), so as to work towards the collective development of the Asian region, with firm conviction to thwart any meddling by the US and all other outside powers, which promote terrorism and terrorist regimes.