President Rouhani: Iran plays key role in tackling regional crises

Addressing a group of Malaysian academics, intellectuals and media leaders in Kuala Lumpur, President Rouhani underscored that without the Islamic Republic's help, the region would have faced with the big government of Daesh in Syria and Iraq instead of the Deash terrorist group. 

The president said tackling Takfiri terrorism, effective assistance to the establishment of peace and ceasefire, expanding humanitarian aid to the people, non-disintegration of the countries, not changing the geographical borders, and relying on the ballot box and sovereignty of the people in control of their own countries are Iran's main regional policies, reports IRNA.

He warned that the regional war could have turned into an international one, urging the Islamic world to help in this respect. 

Citing terrorism as a dilemma in the region, President Rouhani underscored that the Takfiri terrorists should be uprooted in the whole region. 

'We should not allow the killing and slaughtering of people to continue in the region and the disaster should be prevented,' he said. 

Commenting on the necessity of establishing peace and ceasefire in Yemen and Syria, he called for extending humanitarian assistance to the war-hit people as soon as possible. 

He also added that the western countries are trying to dominate the world in technological and scientific arenas. 

President Rouhani, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived in Malaysia on Friday. 

Upon arrival he said that after the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, there is a good opportunity for developing ties with the Islamic state of Malaysia.

He also described Malaysia as a major and advanced Islamic state in South-East Asia.