TEHRAN (FNA)- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama lauded Iran's regional role and clout, and asked for Tehran's assistance with Tokyo's aid plans to Afghan reconstruction.
"Rendering help to Afghan reconstruction is Japan's strategy and Tokyo needs the Islamic Republic of Iran's help to play a constructive role in the region," Hatoyama said in a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday with the visiting Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Saeed Jalili.
He praised Iran-Japan age-old and intimate ties, and expressed the hope that the two countries' cooperation in different fields would further expand.
The Japanese premier viewed Jalili's upcoming visit to Kashiwazaki nuclear plant and the city of Hiroshima as important parts of his itinerary, saying that Japan enjoys an advanced technology in grounds of nuclear plants safety and has valuable experiences in the construction of such nuclear facilities.
Jalili, who is also Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, arrived in Tokyo on Sunday to meet with senior Japanese officials.
Jalili's 4-day visit to Japan came at an official invitation by the Tokyo officials.
During the meeting, Jalili reminded the different fields available for the two countries' mutual, regional and international cooperation, and said that joint efforts by the two countries for nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation as well as Iran-Tokyo cooperation within the framework of Tehran's package of nuclear and security proposals to the West could serve as the most important fields of interaction between the two sides.
He also underlined that military approaches will not necessarily resolve current problems in the region, and noted, "Deployment of new forces in Afghanistan means repeating the experience of past failures."
Source:english.farsnews.com/
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