TEHRAN -- By attempting to increase influence in Central Asia, the U.S. is violating regional countries’ rights, Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Alaeddin Borujerdi said here on Saturday.

The United States is the source of many conflicts and tensions in the region and in the world, Borujerdi said in a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kadyrbek Sarbaev. The new clash between the U.S. and Russia over the missile-defense shield plan is alarming, and reminds the Cold War-era situation, the MP stated. The Russian President Vladimir Putin formally notified NATO governments on Saturday that Russia will suspend its obligations under the 1989 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a key Cold War-era arms limitation agreement, in response to the U.S. plans to deploy a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. Despite what the Western countries claim, their presence has not helped to establish security in the region but has fomented two disastrous issues: terrorism and drug production, he pointed out. The regional countries can maintain security by depending on their own capabilities, and they need not to rely on the Western countries, he added. Borujerdi also said that Iran and Kyrgyzstan enjoy very good mutual relations, and the Islamic Republic favors expansion of cooperation on regional and international issues with the country. Sarbaev stated that Kyrgyzstan has always considered Iran as a neighbor and a brotherly country, and calls for expansion of ties in all the areas. Drug trafficking and terrorism are the most important problems in the region that should be confronted with full cooperation among the regional countries, he said. Bishkek is positive about accepting Iran as a permanent member in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, he added