Small-scale world war waged against Mideast people: Iran

A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a small-scale world war has been waged by terrorists against the oppressed people in the Middle East.

“European countries must take note that terrorists from more than 80 countries, including some European states, are present in this region and have waged a small-scale world war against the oppressed regional nations,” Ali Akbar Velayati said in a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday with State Secretary for Foreign Policy at Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lone Dencker Wisborg.

“These events can carry irreparable consequences for other countries, particularly the supporters of terrorists,” he added.

He said Denmark and other European countries “can play a better, more independent and more effective role in solving regional issues, particularly the fight against terrorism and extremist and Takfiri movements.”

The senior Iranian official further said Iran and Denmark enjoy before them favorable grounds for cooperation in different fields and urged the two countries to draw up plans in order to improve cooperation.

The Danish diplomat, for her part, said Tehran and Copenhagen are cooperating and consulting with each other on mutual and regional issues.

She stressed the importance of finding a peaceful and political solution to the existing conflicts in the Middle East.