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Iran praises Indonesia for 'support'
"The position of the Indonesian government is the legal and fair position and I hope it will be a start of a movement to correct international
structures," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the visiting president.
Indonesia, which holds one of the rotating seats on the UN security council, was the only member not to vote for the latest resolution on the Iranian nuclear
program on March 3.
Indonesia abstained, but Libya, South Africa and Vietnam, which had joined Indonesia in expressing reservations about the need for fresh sanctions, finally
voted in favour.
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described Indonesia's move as "good and courageous".
Resolution 1803 imposed a third set of sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to heed the council's calls to suspend uranium enrichment and gives Iran
another three months to suspend the process.
Iran insists its nuclear program is solely aimed at generating energy and it has every right to the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium enrichment.
Media said Iran and Indonesia also signed cooperation agreements in education, agriculture, refining and trade.
"I hope that with this visit that relations between the two countries will develop further," said Mr Ahmadinejad.
"There is no obstacle in the way of Iran developing its cooperation with Indonesia."
Ahmadinejad visited Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, in May 2006 for talks with its leaders in Jakarta on the nuclear crisis and
economic cooperation.
Iran has been courting Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) allies like Indonesia to counter the effects of increasingly frigid relations with Western countries.
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