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of draft statements, underlining the importance of translating them on the ground to be
an example to follow by the parliamentarians on the international level.
The APA Secretary General Dr. Nejad Hosseinian stressed the importance of benefiting
from the Asian parliaments in achieving the development plans through enhancing
cooperation among all the APA member states, indicating that these institutions can
realize legislative integration among them.
Dr. Hosseinian called for finding suitable solutions for the problems threatening peace
and security in Asia, indicating that the proposed conferences during 2011 will focus on
issues related to the principles of cooperation and friendship relations in Asia, in addition
to the global financial crisis, the integrated energy market, religious dialogue and the
dialogue among Asian cultures.
Chairman of the Islamic Parliament of Iran Ali Larijani said that Asia is facing great
challenges today, on top of which the global financial crisis, the globalization and its
repercussions on the cultures of the countries and nations.
Larijani called for benefiting from the common interests binding the Asian countries and
enhancing coordination and cooperation among them in the optimal way to play a role
towards their issues, particularly with regard to the developmental ones.
He referred to the criminal acts committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the
Palestinian people and their constant attacks against the neighboring Arab countries,
adding that the so called "law of the Israeli Knesset" with regard to running a
referendum before withdrawing from the occupied Arab territories in the Syrian Golan
and East Jerusalem is a violation of all the UN relevant resolutions.
He affirmed that the Israeli Zionist entity causes a big crisis in the region, calling for
exerting all possible efforts to get rid of it.
He warned against the American schemes which aim at imposing hegemony on energy
resources in the region.
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