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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, May 19 (KUNA) -- Mohammad El-Baradei, director general of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said here Monday the UN nuclear
watchdog has no evidence proving that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, but
affirmed that the Iranian nuclear file was part of security of region.
"We are saying that (we have no evidence about Iran's manufacturing of
nuclear bomb) and we can't know the intentions of Iran in future," El-Baradei
addressed a World Economic Forum's (WEF) session about new strategies to
achieve stability.
He said the Arab countries must cooperate to tackle problems in the Middle
East without foreign interference.
He said the Arab-Israeli conflict, which has been over 60 years old now,
was the core issue of Middle East troubles.
Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Abul Gheit, meanwhile, said Iran was not
the sole country possessing nuclear capabilities.
He said ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, as well
as establishing Palestinian and Israeli state was in the hands of the Jewish
state.
Abul Gheit criticized the further building of Jewish settlements in
occupied Palestinian territories even after the US-sponsored Annapolis
conference. (end)
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