United Nations, New York, Sept 27 (IRNA) Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states, in their annual meeting on Tuesday, supported Iran's inalienable right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

The meeting, which was attended by Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, was held on the sidelines of the 61st annual session of the UN General Assembly.

The statement issued by OIC member states referred to the most crucial problems of the world of Islam and urged the need for further solidarity among Islamic states to confront the challenges facing the Muslim Ummah.

Various articles of the statement deal with the major problems facing Islamic states and OIC's approach to them have been explained.

Meanwhile, the document underlined Iran's right to access nuclear technology for peaceful use without any discrimination and fully supports solving the remaining issues peacefully and through talks with no preconditions.

Besides, the statement points to the pressures against Iran and its consequences as well as the concerns over their impact on regional and trans-regional security.

Elsewhere in the statement, OIC member states' foreign ministers urged the need to complete elimination of weapons of mass destruction, nuclear arms and disarmament of the world powers possessing such weapons.

The document also condemns the Zionist regime for proliferation of nuclear weapons and its continuous resistance to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reiterated the need for practical measures to create a Middle East free from nuclear weapons.

The final statement of the foreign ministers of Islamic states also condemns the crimes committed by the Zionist regime in the occupied territories of Palestine and Lebanon.

The document expounds on the current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the approach of OIC member states to them.