Enemy seeks to divide nations

Iran’s president says the enemy is plotting to drive a wedge between independent states, highlighting the importance of countering enemy conspiracies.

“While arrogant powers would not allow a referendum to be held in [occupied] Palestine and even in their own countries, they encourage this in independent nations like Sudan and even hatch plots for that, which should be tactfully dealt with,” said Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with the top advisor to the Sudanese president.

Media reports suggest that the United States, Britain and Israel are pressuring Sudan to hand over the city of El Obeid to the North in exchange for the lifting of sanctions and financial aid. Washington has already called for a referendum to be held in the city before it is held elsewhere.

President Ahmadinejad added that the enemies would not like to see any independent nation make progress on political, economic and cultural fronts.

The global hegemony wants world nations to always remain impoverished, weak and under domination, and seeks to put the brakes on the development and progress of independent nations, the Iranian president said.

He added that the global hegemony is on the verge of decline and said arrogant powers are facing numerous problems even in their own countries and are unable to solve them.

President Ahmadinejad said those who beat the drum for human rights, freedom and democracy today are the same colonialists who have masked their true intentions after being defeated in the face of popular struggles.

The global hegemony is not able to impose anything on nations, said the president.

“If nations stand up to hegemonic powers with determination and self-confidence, they (arrogant powers) will not be able to do anything,” he added.

He said the future belongs to faithful and justice-seeking nations, and tyrants will soon see their downfall.

The senior Sudanese official, for his part, said the Iranian nation has turned into a role model for independent nations due to its resistance as well as glorious scientific achievements.

He further reiterated Sudan’s unwavering support for Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear activities.

He also expressed gratitude for Iran’s dynamic diplomacy in the African continent, calling for the further promotion of reciprocal ties.

Under a 2005 peace pact that ended decades of civil strife, Africa’s largest country must hold a referendum on the independence of the South in January 2011.

Sudan has announced November 14 as the starting date for voter registration in the country’s referendum.