Addressing the Caspian Economic Forum which is underway in Turkmenistan, Jahangiri said by withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal which is a great achievement for the world diplomacy, the US administration showed that it is not committed to international agreements.

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Although the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has verified Iran compliance with the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but the U.S. is after creating instability and insecurity in the region by its illegitimate, cruel and inhumane sanctions and by its provocative presence in the Persian Gulf.

Despite the fact that the threadbare Iranophobia policy of the United States has been failed due to Iran’s constructive role in regional developments and in fighting terrorism, but creating insecurity for selling security is still U.S.’ deceiving strategy, he noted.

Appreciating Turkmenistan government and people for hosting the event, Jahangiri described the forum as an opportunity for maintaining negotiations and paving the way for developing ties between participants.

He noted that the August 12 reminds significant development for the Caspian Sea littoral States.

He urged all participants to prioritize developing economic and commercial cooperation through establishing effective relations between private and governmental sectors.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he referred to protecting environment in the Caspian Sea as an important issue which requires joint cooperation and collective efforts.

Tehran believes that ant developmental program should be in line with facilitating implementation of Tehran convention and its protocols, Jahangiri said.

Despite the fact that the trade exchange volume between Caspian Sea states is increasing but is not compatible with political relations, he noted.

He reiterated that governments’ efforts in activating private sectors, facilitating trade visa issuance and zeroing preferential tariff in bilateral and Quintet framework will increase economic relations volume.

Today, opportunity has been prepared for developing cooperation in economic, tourism, customs, transportation, shipping, ports, industries, fishery, mutual investment in building ports, buying and selling port equipment and transit, Iranian official said.

He went on to say that interaction with neighbors, avoiding any tensions and preserving stability and security are among Iran’s foreign policy priorities.

Iran considers promotion of the Central Asia in line with reinforcing stability, security and tranquility in the region and has played effective role in developing economic and regional cooperation and in implementing civil projects in Central Asia, Jahangiri said.

Iranian firms relying on their experiences and knowledge and the modern technologies as well has implemented scores of developmental plans in power plant, water, road, railway, mine and industrial units fields, he added.

He stressed the fact that making economic cooperation systematic and disciplined requires reinforcing the legal basis.

The Islamic republic of Iran has helped regional countries in developing their ties with the world by providing them with infrastructures in transportation and transit in road, railway, air and sea sectors in the Caspian Sea, Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf, he noted.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jahangiri referred to North-South transportation corridor, trilateral railway cooperation between Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran and implementing Ashgabat international transportation and transit agreement as preparing suitable capacities for reinforcing cooperation among Caspian Sea Littoral States and other countries in the region.

He noted that China-Kazakhstan-Iran corridor which was launched last year has paved the way for promoting cooperation and reviving the Silk Road.

Iran’s strategic position and its access to Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman has created significant capacities for broadening economic relations between Caspian Sea states and other countries in the region, Iranian VP said.

Chabahar strategic port in south of Iran is an important capacity which can facilitate transportation and  transit between Caspian Sea and Central Asian states and their access to international waterways.

Meanwhile Iran and four other Caspian Sea countries have signed an agreement on economic cooperation in Turkmenistan’s capital.

Senior officials from Iran, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia signed the deal during the First Caspian Economic Forum in Bishkek on Monday.

The meeting featured discussion over the role of the Caspian Sea in international economy, and the possible ways through which the countries lying on the inland sea’s shoreline could use existent capacities for further inter-state cooperation in the areas of digital technology and creation of free trade zones.

The signatories agreed that mutual development would contribute to preservation of stability in the region, and laid emphasis on the need for respect for the national interests of the littoral states.

They also addressed the significance of the body of water’s legal status, which was agreed upon by the five countries in August last year in the Kazakh port city of Aktau after more than two decades of intermittent discussion.

As means of enabling better cooperation among them, the Caspian countries also discussed the possibility of creating joint companies, exchanging economic-commercial standards, regulations, and statistics.

Facilitating visa processes was another key point raised in the meeting.