Iran, Syria favor regional stability

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki underlined that Iran and Syria favor regional stability and respect national sovereignty of the neighboring states.

“We share a common stance with Syria on the establishment of stability in the region and respect for national sovereignty of the neighboring states,” Mottaki told a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart Walid Mualem on Wednesday.

On Lebanon, Mottaki was quoted by the Islamic republic news agency as saying that sincere cooperation among all Lebanese political parties would help bring prosperity for the great Lebanese nation.

Moallem touched on a media speculation that an Iranian ship had been stopped by the Zionist regime’s coast guards and said, “Such a thing is not true.”