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Mideast peace summit bound to fail, says Iran's Ahmadinejad

Oct 22, 2007, 7:48 GMT

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has termed the scheduled Middle East peace summit as 'futile and bound to fail,' ISNA news agency reported Monday.

'The era when some countries consider themselves as authorized to decide about the fate of the Palestinian nation is over as such an issue can only be settled with the real representatives of Palestine,' Ahmadinejad said, referring to the Hamas group.

Speaking in the cabinet session on Sunday evening, Ahmadinejad called on the regional Arab states 'not to fall into a trap of this so-called autumn conference' and not allow 'enemies' prepare grounds for misuse.

'Today the Zionist regime (Israel) is on its way towards collapse and therefore the enemies and those who created this faked regime want to hold the autumn conference for boosting its spirit,' the president said.

Iran does not acknowledge the Israeli state and wants a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital to be established.

Teheran further accuses Washington of seeking to strengthen Israel and undermine the influence of the Muslim states in the Middle East.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur


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