Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman showed his “gratitude” to Interpol legal counselor Ronald Noble for the letter he sent to Argentina considering the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Iran “positive.”
Timerman also said that the validity of Interpol red alerts in the AMIA case “has been a key piece in the progress made” so far to shed light on the attack that claimed the lives of 85 victims 19 years ago.
“The agreement reached with Iran, if it was to be approved by the Parliament of that country, will allow the suspects to be interrogated by Argentine judicial authorities for the first time and carry out the legal process,” the official stated in a missive addressed to Mr. Noble.
The head of Argentina’s diplomatic affairs stressed that the government considers the role played by the Interpol “essential” in the battle against crime and «especially» against international terrorism and affirmed that cooperation with the international organization has been “enriched” by the joint work in the AMIA case.
Timerman’s message comes after Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called to lift the red alerts issued against five Iranian officials allegedly involved in the 1994 attack arguing that Buenos Aires and Tehran are working together to probe the AMIA investigation.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald