Iran president complains of interference in region

"All problems are coming from outside," Ahmadinejad tells a news conference in the Pakistani capital.

Ahmadinejad attends a meeting with Pakistan's PM 390 R (photo credit: REUTERS)
Ahmadinejad attends a meeting with Pakistan's PM 390 R
(photo credit: REUTERS)
ISLAMABAD - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday foreign interference was the source of all problems in the region.
"All problems are coming from outside," he told a news conference in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
"All these powers are interfering in our internal affairs in the region," he said. He did identify which outside powers he meant.
Ahmadinejad is in Pakistan attending a meeting with the leaders of neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan aimed at promoting regional stability.
"There is no fundamental problem among the countries of the region. All the problems are coming from outside," he said.
The West accuses Iran of using its nuclear program to pursue weapons capability and has imposed sanctions on its oil industry which have hit its wider economy hard.
Iran rejects the charge and insists its program is purely for peaceful nuclear power generation purposes.
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