The president made the remark here Sunday morning in his opening speech at the first International Conference of the Islamic Awakening and Youths which hosts over 1,200 revolutionary youth from 74 world countries including Iran.



President added that the West intends to cause religious and ethnic rift in a certain country by using other regional states.



The enemy is determined to suppress popular movements in the region and sow seeds of discords in the region to attain its sinister goals, he said.



Dr.Ahmadinejad denounced the West's claim of advocating democracy and justice and added that the Western capitalism is on the verge of collapse, and the world should find an alternative system that guarantees amity and justice.



President has pointed out that democracy doesn’t come out of the gun barrel of the US and its cohorts and they only want to impose poverty and humiliation upon nations.



President Ahmadinejad said that the US and Western regimes have sold over $60 billion worth of weapons to regional countries in the year 2011. Are these weapons used for peace, freedom and democracy or for massacre, war, and development of disputes?



President Ahmadinejad underlined that justice, freedom, and dignity are the rights of all nations, while adding that today the colonial powers are pursuing the same previous colonial goals under the motto of democracy and human rights.



He questioned the purpose behind provocation of wars, huge gaps among strata, endless arms race, and massacres, while pointing out that every year over $1200 billion are spent for production of weapons and it is perfectly clear that production of these weapons are for the slaughter of human beings.



President said the very existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to the dignity of human beings and disrespect to nations.



Focusing on the roots of the world problems today, he described the central topic of the meeting as a very significant issue which will set landmarks in the history.



In further remarks, President Ahmadinejad noted that the root cause of the contemporary world’s appalling conditions; widening gaps among strata of people; endless arms race; and never-ending massacres is the rule of unqualified, selfish, arrogant, and domineering figures.



The president further underlined that throughout the course of history, the arrogant states didn’t allow the establishment of justice, freedom, love, and monotheism.



He also urged the youth in the Islamic countries to work to depict a brighter future before the human society through convergence, cooperation and firm will.



President further expressed happiness for attending a gathering which comprises believing, ideal-seeking and revolutionary youth from all over the world.



President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the hegemonic powers of the world installed the Zionist regime in the Middle East in a “historical scheme” to gain control over the region.



“Why did they install the Zionist regime? To gain control over oil, as well as the popular and revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East,” said President Ahmadinejad.



“It is clear that this was a historical scheme,” the president added.



A number of Islamic world scholars and thinkers are also present in the meeting.



The young people taking part in the conference have been active in recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa.



The conference discussed and analyzed the history and basic tenets of the Islamic Awakening as well as figures that have played a role in such movements.