TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said here on Monday that U.S. President George W. Bush’s recent statements in support of certain political movements in Iran are meant to undermine the country’s national unity.

This stance has been adopted to undermine Iran’s national unity and to make the people discouraged about the country’s future, Hosseini told reporters at his weekly press conference.
Bush’s stance is nothing new, and “we always see such moves on the threshold of elections,” he said.
Such moves are regarded as interference in the Islamic Republic’s internal affairs, he added.
---------------- Nuclear issue following its normal course
Asked if Iran would hold more nuclear negotiations with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the future, Hosseini did not give a direct answer but said, “The nuclear issue will follow its normal process, but we are prepared to talk about issues of interest with various sides.”
President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on March 5 that Iran would no longer negotiate the nuclear issue outside of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Iran’s talks with the IAEA and the representative of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany led to the modality plan, and the IAEA’s questions were completely answered, Hosseini said.
The February 22 IAEA report declared that the six remaining issues in regard to Iran’s strategic cooperation with the agency have been completely clarified and are resolved, he added.
-------------------- U.S. was not prepared for talks on Iraq
The Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that there is no link between the cancellation of the Iran-U.S. talks on Iraq’s security situation, which had been scheduled to take place on March 6, and the Iranian president’s recent visit to the country.
“The Iraqi side announced that it was prepared for the talks and the meeting was scheduled for Thursday. So, based on an invitation from Iraq, an Iranian delegation went to the country.”
However, hours before the meeting, Iraqi officials informed the Iranian delegation that the U.S. side had said it was not ready, without any explanation, he added.
The Iraqi government spokesman said in Baghdad on Saturday that the United States is responsible for the postponement of the fourth round of Iran-U.S. talks on the security situation in Iraq.
The Islamic Republic and the U.S. held talks on Iraq on May 28, July 24, and August 6, 2007.
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad made a landmark two-day visit to Iraq last week during which he met Iraqi leaders as part of efforts to boost bilateral ties.
---------- Iran does not support any U.S. presidential candidate
The Islamic Republic does not support any of the candidates for the United States’ presidential election, Hosseini said.
The election is an affair of U.S. citizens, he added.
“However, we emphasize that not only U.S. citizens, but also many other people throughout the world are fed up with Washington’s warmongering policies,” and they expect the next government to revise those approaches, he noted.
------------ Iran invited to Arab League summit
The Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Iran has been invited to the upcoming Arab League summit, but added, “We are still studying the level at which we should participate in the meeting.”
The Arab League summit is scheduled to be held in Damascus at the end of this month.
--------------- Importing gas from Turkmenistan
Negotiations between Iran and Turkmenistan on importing gas from the country have continued, and “positive steps have been taken”, Hosseini stated.
Turkmenistan halted daily deliveries of up to 23 million cubic meters of gas to Iran late in 2007 in the midst of cold weather, citing technical problems.
------------------ No talks on Algiers Accord during president’s Iraq visit
Hosseini said that the Algiers Accord had not been discussed during Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq last week.
However, an Iraqi delegation visited Iran before the president’s trip to discuss the dredging of the Arvand Rud and technical problems related to the Iran-Iraq border river, he explained.
The Algiers Accord was inked between Iran and Iraq to settle disputes over the Arvand Rud (Shatt-al-Arab) waterway, which forms the boundary between Iran’s Khuzestan Province and Iraq.
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