The context of this visit is that theres been an increase of u. S. Sanctions against iran as an increase of tensions in the region and theres a military buildup but also side uribe has accused iran of being behind the attack on the Oil Facilities for president rouhani said this morning that the United States has cheerier motives. Are massively. Regarding the issues in the region they are exaggerating what has happened to iran cause what is the reason for that the reason is that americans want to keep control of the whole region now they say they want to bring Patriot Defense systems into the region its clear they want to keep control of saudi arabias oil that comes from the eastern part this conflict is not about us it is about the american competition with chinese and others they are taking advantage of this opportunity president rouhani is also expected to present an alternative peace plan thats in the face of the u. S. Naval coalition that theyve put together what the u. S. Says is
Fighting in northwest of the country and indeed theres a great deal of disagreement as to the status of the northeast of the country. Yes well i think what theyre trying to do is deal with one narrow post of this which is the future constitutional arrangements for syria and that takes you away from the issues on the ground but clearly the issues on the ground are so serious when you have the province of idlib which very much now is the last battleground of this long war when you have 3000000 people there when you have persistent claims that the Syrian Government and its russian allies are bombing those people but in particular bombing medical centers and hospitals there and no one really knows how this is going to conclude and everyone fears that they could be a very big death toll there is nowhere really for these people to flee not possible in most cases for them to cross the border into. Turkey and they obviously many of them fearful to cross the line from where they are indeed live
A wedding celebration by mistake well our correspondent rob mcbride has more now from kabul. This seems to have been a Major Military operation in the mussa color district of Helmand Province this is a known taliban stronghold involving both it seems Ground Forces and also an airstrike now the ministry of defense here in kabul is talking about this in terms of being a successful military operation saying a number of foreign taliban fighters as it describes them were killed in this attack others were captured and a large cache of taliban weaponry was seized but it does seem according to various reports coming from Helmand Province including the governors office. Number of civilians were also caught up in this attack particularly from a Wedding Party that was happening nearby that was caught in this airstrike now the number of civilian casualties varies the taliban has issued a statement saying tens of people have been killed others injured other figures differ to that but what we do kno
With the support of the United States and Coalition Forces they seek to impose a new reality on the service and marry can and israeli agenda in the region. A reality is that prolongs the war terrorists are waging against syria. Mr president his policies whether and or in Northern Syria and its political maneuvers may undermine all the achievements made in. And turkey cannot claim to hold syrias unity and territorial integrity or while at the same time it is the 1st to undermine them. If turkey is truly committed to the security of its borders and the unity of syria as it claims it must choose whether to respect their understandings and the Bilateral Agreements on counterterrorism to secure the borders and to withdraw its forces from syria or to be the aggressor the occupier. And to face the consequences. Of the safety of the borders of one country cannot come at the expense of the security of sovereignty or territorial integrity of neighboring countries. Mr president. Along with our fi
Capital president is planning to relocate that capital to the onat of borneo his decision is also about spreading the wealth of the nation more evenly across the 13000. 00 islands that make up the archipelago right now and the island of java accounts of 58 percent of the countrys economy but as mohammed now reports there are concerns that a move to borneo would adversely impact the very people who live there this largely untouched part of east will become the new capital of indonesia if the president has his way. Its in stock contrast to the capital jakarta clogged with heavy traffic smog and sinking the pressure to move is rising along with sea levels which may mean the city of more than 10000000 people could be under water within the next 30 years. And this is where the citys relocation may end up Borneo Island known for its lush rain forest and rare wildlife. While it was chosen for being less prone to earthquakes and floods there are concerns the massive move will threaten conserva