The Slovak diplomat said it is an honor for him to serve in his new diplomatic mission in Iran.
He went on to say that his country would help in the efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program.
President Ahmadinejad said the logic of Iran is dialogue, justice, and reasoning in international interactions, according to a press release issued by the Presidential Office.
Iran is a great country with learned, civilized, and revolutionary people, and it wants to resolve the nuclear issue diplomatically, he added.
However, threatening language will not work with Iran, he insisted.
Ahmadinejad pointed out that Iran’s nuclear activities are transparent, adding that some countries have taken a political approach toward Iran’s nuclear program.
"The countries which produce atomic bombs, and that have even equipped a number of… states with such weapons, pose a threat to the world, but Iran's legal nuclear activities for peaceful purposes, whose aim is the development of the nuclear fuel cycle, are not a threat to any country," the president told the ambassador.
The two states should use all their potential to expand their political and economic ties, the Iranian president suggested.
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