The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that in his just-published memoir, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy tellsabout a meeting between three European foreign ministers and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Iran'snuclear program, in New York on September 15, 2005.
Douste-Blazy wrote that, after a prolonged fruitless discussion, Ahmadinejad suddenly changed the course of the discussion by telling the ministers: "Do you know why we should wish for chaos at any price? Because after the chaos, we can see the greatness of Allah."
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, February 2, 2007
