By IRNA
Vienna : Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in the 38th meeting of the World Economic Forum in the mountainous area of Switzerland ” Davos” underlined that nuclear weapon has no place in Iran’s defensive doctrine.
In a meeting dubbed as ” Understanding Iran’s foreign policy”, which was held in Davos on Saturday evening, Mottaki said, “We believe that if atomic weapons had been able to prevent crisis, they would have prevented many crises in the past.”
For example, the Zionist regime, by having more than 200 nuclear warheads, could win war in Lebanon.
He said, “Those who test new generations of atomic weapons should answer why they are looking for more competition in the atomic arsenal.”
Referring to the imposed war of Iraq against Iran in which Saddam used chemical bombs, Mottaki said, “The European hospitals have witnessed Iranian chemical victims.”
Answering a question why Iran wants to produce nuclear fuel, Mottaki said because power plants cannot operate without nuclear fuels.
He stressed that Iran’s positions on nuclear weapons is clear adding “we are not looking for a nuclear arsenal”.
The 38th meeting of the World Economic Forum started its work on Wednesday evening in Davos, Switzerland.
More than 2,500 personalities from 88 countries are attending the meeting.
Among them, 27 presidents and prime ministers and 113 foreign ministers are participating in the 5-day meeting.