Addressing the 5th Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) on Saturday in Dushanbe, President Hassan Rouhani said that achieving an acceptable level of peace, stability and development in today’s world requires development of regional cooperation and dialogue, adding, “the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on cooperation, synergy, and finding ways to achieve common interests, mutual benefit, and in one word, a win-win policy.”

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“Within the same framework, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers cooperation with regional countries and using the mechanism of multilateral dialogues within the framework of CICA summits very effective, fruitful and essential,” he added.

Regarding the Iran nuclear deal, Rouhani stressed that “Iran, while announcing its readiness for any interaction, has decided to reduce its obligations under Paragraphs 26 and 36 of the JCPOA to restore balance. In case of the absence of proper response, we will inevitably have to take more measures.”

He also said that the policies of foreign powers have turned the Middle East into the most unstable region in the world.

“The interference of some foreign powers in the internal affairs of the countries of the Middle East region, forceful unilateral policies, terrorism and extremism, their blatant breach of promises and lawlessness in matters related to international peace and security, including the important nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have made our region one of the world’s most instable regions,” he noted.

Iran’s president underlined that his country’s foreign policy is based on cooperation, win-win approach and expressed Iran’s preparedness to draft bilateral, multilateral political, security mechanisms.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is looking for the values that Your Excellencies have seen during the last four decades in our foreign policy, including the fight against terrorism and extremism, which present a harsh and violent image of Islam, sheltering innocent people who have been grappling with war and its resulting disasters, fighting unilateralism by which a country tries to dominate others with material power and the use of force, explicit opposition to the production of any weapons of mass destruction from nuclear to chemical, and ultimately, constructive interaction with all countries that believe in these values,” he said.

President Rouhani also referred to the ongoing situation in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen as the result of the U.S. regional policy.

President Rouhani arrived in Dushanbe from Bishkek after taking part in the 19th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. On the sidelines of the summit, he held talks with a number of leaders of the member states participating in the talks.