"The presence of the destroyer in the Caspian Sea is for strengthening friendship and brotherhood based on security for all and confrontation against the extremism of those who want to disturb the security of the nations and the region to strengthen the trend of drug trafficking, terrorism and extremism," Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
He underlined that increasing cooperation and sympathy among the regional governments and nations as well as spread and promotion of peace and friendship are among the main goals behind the launching of Jamaran2 destroyer.
"I am sure that all the Caspian Sea littoral states are happy with the Iranian nation's scientific and industrial progress and assume it as a step in line with their own security," President Ahmadinejad reiterated.
In a statement on Saturday, the Iranian defense ministry said that the advanced home-made destroyer will be launched in the Caspian Sea in an official ceremony to be attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi, and Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.
The statement said the destroyer which has been designed and developed by Iranian experts uses the state-of-the-art navigation systems and domestically-made sophisticated defensive equipments.
The destroyer which is the symbol of power and capability of the Iranian naval industry will join the Navy's subsurface fleet in the first half of the next Iranian year (March 21 - September 22) after undergoing final tests, the statement noted.
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Publish Date: 17 March 2013 - 23:28
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the launch of operation of Iran's second Mowdge class destroyer, 'Jamaran 2', in the Caspian Sea waters conveys the message of peace and friendship to the neighboring and littoral states.