Tehran, YJC. Velayati appeared in his first TV program as presidential candidate to discuss his administrational programs.
Presidential candidate Ali Akbar Velayati said Sunday evening on the national TV "I
was the Foreign Minister for 16 years. There were cases more difficult than the
nuclear. With experts and devoted colleagues we managed to accomplish
resolution 598 and the 1975 Algiers Agreement.”
Member of the Development Coalition asserted "The Six Powers
is no more difficult than the 1975 Agreement. Iran’s nuclear case is
resolvable. We can improve our international cooperation and reduce sanctions while
we go on enriching uranium and preserve Iran’s rights in nuclear energy.”
He counted the return of the country’s currency from
overseas as one of his main programs and said "Iran has tens of billions of dollars
abroad. Approximately $3 billion is owed by China and the same amount by India
and Japan for oil transactions, which we cannot take back for some problems,
including sanctions.”
He believed that if the country takes its foreign relations
out of its standstill the property could be taken back.
"When I was the Foreign Minister, FMs from other countries
used to stand in line to visit Tehran. There were times at the UN when I would
visit 80 of them. We used to have close relations with world leaders and powerful
people from different countries.”