Raisi: Underlines Interest in Expansion of Ties with Asian, African States

NourNews – President Raisi made the remarks in separate meetings with new ambassadors of Algeria, Brunei, and Togo in Tehran on Monday to receive their credentials.

Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said that his country attaches great importance to broadening of relations and cooperation with Asian and African states.

President Raisi made the remarks in separate meetings with new ambassadors of Algeria, Brunei, and Togo in Tehran on Monday to receive their credentials.

During his meeting with the new ambassador of Algeria to Tehran, Raisi said that the Islamic Republic of Iran attaches great importance to the development of relations with the North African country.

He pointed to the glorious resistance of the Algerian people against French colonization during the struggle for independence in the middle of the 20th century, and said that the colonialists have never given up their colonial spirit and are always pursuing their colonial goals with a new approach, and of course, the Algerian people always maintain their spirit of resistance.

Also in a meeting with the new ambassador of Brunei, the president said that Iran seeks to expand relations and engagement with all countries, especially neighboring and Muslim countries. He referred to the cultural relations between the two nations, saying, “The two countries’ relations are rooted in heartfelt relationship between the two Muslim nations and it is essential to develop political, economic and trade relations between the two countries on the basis of these ties”.

“In its foreign policy, the Islamic Republic of Iran seeks to expand interaction with all countries around the world, especially neighbouring and Muslim countries. We hope that mutual cooperation and friendly interactions between Iran and Brunei further expand into the field of regional and international relations between the two countries,” Raisi said.

The new ambassador of Brunei to Tehran, for his part, conveyed the greetings of his country’s Sultan to President Raisi, and said, “As the ambassador of Brunei, I will do my best to expand and deepen the relations and cooperation between the two brotherly and friendly Muslim nations”.

Moreover, Rayeesi told the new Togo ambassador to Tehran in a separate meeting that strengthening relations with the African countries will be pursued more seriously and vigorously, adding that the Islamic Republic of Iran supports the independence and progress of the African people.

In relevant remarks last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the new the Iranian government is willing to expand comprehensive relations with African countries, particularly in the political, economic and cultural fields.

He said that the economic ties can be in such innovative methods as extra-territorial agriculture, exporting of agricultural machines, sales of petrochemical products, technical and engineering services, and taking advantage of the existing potentials. Amir Abdollahian also said that the bilateral parliamentary ties, too, is of great importance.