Head of Lebanon's Al-Mardah Party said here Friday Washington has reached a stage that it must recognize legitimacy of Islamic Republic of Iran's peaceful nuclear program.
According to the IRNA correspondent in Beirut, the former Lebanese president Suleiman Franjiyeh made the comment in a meeting with the IRI Ambassador to Lebanon Qazanfar Roknabadi during which the two sides also exchanged opinion on the latest regional, bilateral and Lebanon developments.
Franjiyeh and Roknabadi both also evaluated the results of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit of Lebanon and Saad Hariri's visit of Tehran as "good and positive, emphasizing that maximum advantage should be taken of the emerged positive atmosphere at the service of broadening and deepening the bilateral ties and cooperation."
Franjiyeh also praised Iran's serious and resolute stands in its talks with the west regarding the Iranian nation's absolute right to take advantage of the full cycle of the nuclear energy for totally peaceful purposes.