Iran's president says wants TV debate with Bush

Tehran, Aug 29: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed holding a live television debate with US President George W Bush today to discuss global affairs.

''I suggest holding a live TV debate with Mr George W Bush to talk about world affairs and the ways to solve those issues,'' Ahmadinejad told a news conference in which he complained about the US and British roles in the world after World War Two.

The United States and Britain are abusing the privileged positions they hold in the international order set up after World War Two, he said.

''We think the special privileges that America and Britain are taking advantage of today are the origin of all disturbances in the world,'' he said, adding that they were abusing their roles as permanent members of the Security Council.

''Isn't it time that international relations were founded on democracy and equal rights of the nations?'' he said.

He made similar complaints about the world order in a recent letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in which he suggested that both Iran and Germany were subject to the ''tyranny'' of the winners of World War Two.

REUTERS

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