BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. Iran supports all
initiatives aimed at forming economic, commercial, financial,
scientific, and collective security mechanisms, the Speaker of
Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said at the opening
ceremony of the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parliamentary
Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC), Trend's correspondent
reports from the event.


According to him, the energy resources, transit opportunities,
scientific and human potential of the Islamic world should be used
for the welfare of Muslim peoples.


"We see the future of the region not in confrontation, but in
cooperation. We see it not in isolation, but in coexistence. We see
it not in security and destruction, but in common security," the
speaker emphasized.


Ghalibaf expressed his country's readiness to expand cooperation
with all Muslim countries on the basis of the principles of mutual
respect, non-interference in internal affairs, good neighborliness,
and common interests.


"As a result of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran,
high-ranking military and political officials, as well as more than
3,000 Iranian citizens, most of whom were women and children, were
killed. More than 30,000 people were injured. Iran's industrial,
healthcare, educational, energy, and transport infrastructure,
thousands of residential and service facilities were targeted," he
noted.


Ghalibaf also said that despite the difficulties it faces, Iran
doesn't accept the policy of surrender and chooses the path of
resistance. Iran believes that lasting peace is possible only when
it is based on the rights of peoples, mutual respect, balanced
obligations, and legitimate interests," he stressed.


The speaker noted that defense capability, national unity, and
diplomacy are the main pillars of security and stability.







"Strong defense, national unity, and diplomacy are complementary
factors, and their proper coordination is a guarantee of security
and stability," he pointed out.


Ghalibaf underscored the importance of determining the future of
the region by the countries of the region.


"No great power should decide on the future of our region based
on its own interests. The fate of the region should be determined
by its peoples and states. Regional security must be ensured by the
countries of the region themselves. No state can build its security
at the expense of the security of another state," he said.


"Experience has shown that foreign military bases located in
West Asia have not created stability, but rather have become a
source of instability. "For this reason, we consider the withdrawal
of foreign military forces from the region a strategic goal," he
stressed.


At the end of his speech, Ghalibaf emphasized that Iran extends
a hand of brotherhood and cooperation to all Islamic countries and
noted the importance of strengthening solidarity among Muslim
states.