Key facts
- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf urged regional nations to create a "homegrown" security architecture.
- Ghalibaf stated that true stability can only be achieved through such an architecture.
- He highlighted that China's focus on common security aligns with Iran's long-standing advocacy for this principle.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
- Ghalibaf mentioned receiving numerous messages from neighboring states regarding new regional security and economic cooperation.
- He criticized the U.S. for jeopardizing allies' security interests in favor of Israel.
Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has urged regional nations to develop their own security frameworks, emphasizing that true stability can only be achieved through a "homegrown" architecture. Ghalibaf stated that China's emphasis on fostering common security aligns with principles Iran has long championed.
In a post on X, Ghalibaf asserted that regional countries must take their future into their own hands and that Iran stands ready to contribute. Chinese President Xi Jinping, speaking at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, called on the bloc to "foster an environment of universal security" and resist "hegemony, unilateralism, and protectionism."