Germany said yesterday that the letter sent by Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Chancellor Angela Merkel omitted to mention the issue of
its nuclear program and that parts of the letter were unacceptable.
The letter contained some unacceptable statements that referred to Israel's
right to exist and the Holocaust, German government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm
told reporters during a regular briefing.
The letter did not say anything about Iran's nuclear program or the crisis in
the Middle East, he added.
"Instead, it contained a lot of wide-ranging remarks, including about Israel,
its right to exist and the Holocaust, which we find completely unacceptable,"
the spokesman said.
"It is in no way acceptable to question these facts, as Chancellor Merkel has
made clear," he said.
Ahmadinejad's letter was handed to the German charge d'affaires in Tehran by
Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki.
Germany, together with other western countries, is pressing Iran to stop its
uranium enrichment program for an offer of political and economic incentives.
Meanwhile, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Thursday that
the country would continue with its nuclear activities.
The European Union trio - Germany, Britain and France - introduced a draft
resolution on Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council, urging Iran to
suspend enrichment-related activities.
