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15 Mai 2006

Die größten muslimische Nationen unterstützen Ahmadinedschad

BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Iran's president has won support from fellow Muslim leaders for his contested uranium enrichment program, as he told the world there was no reason to be nervous about his nuclear ambitions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he has cooperated fully with the U.N. nuclear agency and was willing to hold talks about the deepening international standoff with anyone except longtime foe Israel and countries who hold "bombs over our heads." The hardline leader made the comments Saturday after hobnobbing with heads of state and prime ministers from Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Turkey and Malaysia and government ministers from Egypt and Bangladesh.

Though they were on the Indonesian resort island of Bali to discuss ways to boost economic and political cooperation, alleviate poverty and restructure debt it was impossible to ignore Iran's intensifying nuclear stalemate with the West. Ahmadinejad insisted his nuclear program was "100 percent" peaceful, but the United States and its allies accuse him of trying to develop atomic weapons. But the Iranian president, who accused the West of greedily trying to monopolize nuclear technology, was clearly among friends.

The eight Islamic leaders -- from Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo to Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz -- released a statement at the end of the day supporting the rights of nations to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. "Our people need to do more to help one another," Yudhoyono said earlier in the day, adding that "proud" Islamic countries should work together to develop renewable and alternative energy sources. "Our potentials are enormous. Our resources are vast. Great opportunities lie await," he said. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said after a hastily arranged bilateral meeting that he supported a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff, something everyone seemed to agree on.


Wichtige islamische Länder wie z.B. Saudi-Arabien oder die VAE haben auf dieser Konferenz gefehlt. Von daher kann man nicht sagen, daß die islamische Welt voll und ganz hinter Ahmadinedschad steht, das muß man beachten.