DAMASCUS, Syria, May 18 (UPI) -- Syrian President Basher Assad expressed his support Thursday for Iran to have any type of nuclear program it wanted.
Assad made the remarks during a meeting in Damascus with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian IRNA news agency reported.
Wednesday in Jordan, King Abdullah made a similar statement, but was specific about what type of program he endorsed, Ynetnews.com reported.
"The Iranian nuclear program for peaceful purposes is acceptable to us in the context of international regulations," Abdullah said.
In Thursday's meeting, Assad accused Britain and the United States of meddling in decisions of international forums such as the United Nations and its nuclear watchdog, and said the countries were "weakening ... international organizations and undermining their legitimacy."
