WORLD / Middle East
Indonesia offers to help mediate Iran nuclear issue
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-05-10 14:57
Indonesia, which has good relations with Iran and its critics, has
offered to help mediate the Islamic republic’s stand-off with the United
States and other countries over its nuclear programme.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) greets visiting Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta May 10,
2006. Indonesia greeted Ahmadinejad with a 21-gun salute on Wednesday as
he began meetings overshadowed by the Islamic republic’s controversial
nuclear policies. [Reuters]
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, asked by reporters on
Wednesday what role Indonesia could play on the issue, said: “We can
cooperate well in reducing the tension and move toward continuing talks
and negotiations.”
He was speaking after a meeting visiting Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.
Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said “Iran was very receptive”
to Indonesia’s offer to help mediate.
“We hope it will happen. We need to breathe new life into negotiations,”
he said.
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