UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon thanked on Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for pardoning 15 British naval troopers arrested for illegal entry to Iranian waters, the Iranian news agency "IRNA" reported. The Iranian President considered observing the rules of justice and kindness towards human beings as the best way for crisis-solving. "In the case of the British marines, if that country's officials had acted more wisely and properly, the matter would have been resolved much earlier. And We hope through paying respect to international laws and treaties, we would not witness the recurrence of such incidents in future," the President noted.
