(JTA) — Israeli leaders blasted a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in which he said he wants to have good relations “with all countries we officially recognize.”

The statement, made Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, appeared to imply that Iran would continue to be in a state of conflict with Israel.

Rouhani also told the forum that Iran is committed to working for a final agreement with the Western powers on the country’s nuclear program, which the West said is working to achieve a nuclear weapon and which Iran says is peaceful.

But Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told CNN on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic did not agree to dismantle any part of its nuclear program in exchange for relaxed sanctions.

“The White House version both underplays the concessions and overplays Iranian commitments,” he said. “We did not agree to dismantle anything.”

Israeli President Shimon Peres criticized Rouhani’s remarks in a meeting with reporters in Davos later on Thursday.

“The most significant remarks were the ones he didn’t make – he didn’t express support for peace in the Middle East.  He is the only leader I know who didn’t say clearly the time has come to make peace between Israel and the Arabs,” Peres said. “He excluded the reference to peace and when he was asked if his vision included all countries he said it included only the ones that Iran will accept, that is some definition.”

Peres added: “President Rouhani doesn’t need the P5+1 to stop building missiles; he doesn’t need their permission to stop sending arms to Hezbollah and elsewhere. There is an offer on the table to enable Iran to have what other countries have but they have to stop threatening and terrorizing, even while making speeches like this one. There is no room to postpone.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to speak later on Thursday in Davos, on the topics of Israel’s economy and the country’s technological innovation.

“At a time when Rouhani talks about peace with the countries of the Middle East, he refuses – even today – to recognize the existence of the State of Israel, and his regime daily calls for the destruction of the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said following Rouhani’s speech.

“Rouhani has admitted that a decade ago, he deceived the West in order to advance the Iranian nuclear program,” Netanyahu said. “He is doing this today as well. The goal of the Iranian ayatollahs’ regime, which is hiding behind Rouhani’s smiles, is to ease sanctions without conceding on their program to produce nuclear weapons. Therefore, the international community must not go astray after this deception, and it must prevent Iran from attaining the ability to produce nuclear weapons.”