TEHRAN, YJC. The Majlis speaker says that unless they base their presidential agenda on economics, candidates are not doing their job.
Ali Larijani said in a talk show on the
national TV last night "The candidates must take care that their words do not
violate the
country’s national interests. They must note that their words today
may become codes and be misused later on.”The Majlis Speaker then pointed to the
issue of talks with the US offered by some candidates and said "It is a kind of
rashness to make such a big thing out of the US issue. Analysts over in the US
also believe that such prioritizing of issues in foreign policy has undergone a
sort of collapse.”
Larijani
also provided comments on his friendly relations with Javier Solana and said
"My type of negotiating is so that I do not allow fragility to develop in
relationships. After all they are also human beings and need to have close
relations with the one before them so that they can be able to further matters.
I had the feeling that there was no difference between us and the Taliban in
their eyes. All in all towards the end of my term in the Secretariat of the
National Security Supreme Committee I could reach a sort of mutual modality
with Messrs. Solana and ElBaradei.”
The
Majlis Speaker then said "The Iranian nuclear case had different phases and
situations. The talks must always have framework and support. I think that when
Mr. Solana held office things could be pursued more easily. Although he would
pursue the matter with his own source of backing he enjoyed a certain amount of
flexibility which prevented shaky talks.”
Larijani
asserted that there is no time for populist words and said "The problem is
clear and the remedy is also easy to discern. The remedy is what the Leader
said, that is to promote production. Whoever campaigns based on anything else
must be kidding.”