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FM Zarif holds talks with S African counterpart

reporter 1222 — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:05:04 +0000

Iranian FM Zarif, heading a politico-economic delegation to South African city of Pretoria, held the 1st round of meeting with his S African counterpart Lindiwe Sisuluon on Tuesday.

After arriving in South African city of Pretoria on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held the first round of bilateral talks with his South African counterpart Lindiwe Sisulu late on Tuesday.

The bilateral talks are scheduled to continue on Wednesday while Mr. Zarif is heading a senior politico-economic delegation, in a bid to further expand relations with the African country,

Also after the Tuesday meeting with Ms. Sisulu, the Iranian diplomatic chief attended at a formal banquet thrown by his South African counterpart.

The top Irainan diplomat is also slated to have a bilateral meeting with the South African president on Wednesday.

After US unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear agreement of July 14, 2015, Iran has staged active diplomacy in strengthening bilateral ties in the face of imminent US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Prior to this trip, Mr. Zarif traveled to Indian capital city of New Delhi where he managed to achieve agreements with senior Indian officials to keep bilateral ties and trade intact by the US hostile measures.

The Iranian diplomatic chief had another two day visit to Pretoria earlier in 2017.

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Iran looks for developed relations with African countries

reporter 1222 — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 05:46:05 +0000

TEHRAN– In a meeting with deputy speaker of Ivory Coast’s National Assembly, Larijani said that Iran wants more relations with African countries, adding current PUIC Conference in Tehran provides a good opportunity in that regard.

Today afternoon, Ali Larijani held a meeting with Privat Oula, Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Ivory Coast, and told him of Iran’s readiness to expand ties with African countries.

Referring to current 13th Session of Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) Conference underway in Tehran, Iran’s parliament speaker said “given the challenges that the Islamic countries are facing now, it is essential for the conference to hold firm and clear positions on important issues such as terrorism, Palestine and Myanmar.”

Larijani added “the conference will also provide the opportunity for the participating countries to expand bilateral relations, and Iran-Ivorian parliamentary friendship groups can also take advantage of this opportunity.”

After giving Ivory Coast National Assembly Speaker to Larijani, Ivorian official, for his part, said “at the conference, we will support the positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran, because we have a shared point of view on the issues in the Islamic world.”

Privat Oula went on to condemn some countries’ interventionist policy in Iran’s internal affairs during the recent riots and expressed his country’s support for the nation and government of Iran.

Ivorian deputy speaker also called for expanding economic and parliamentary relations between his country and Iran.

He, on behalf of Ivorian National Assembly Speaker, invited Larijani to pay a visit to his country.

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Speaker Larijani Voices Iran’s Support for African Nations’ Independence

reporter 1222 — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 06:04:25 +0000

TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined Tehran’s good and friendly ties with African states, and voiced the country’s continued support for the independence of the African nations.

Speaking at a meeting with the visiting Malian Speaker Issaka Sidibe in Tehran on Saturday, Larijani said Iran’s ties with African states, Mali in particular, are “friendly” and in a good level.

“We have always paid attention to issues related to this continent and we have always supported African states’ independence,” he said.

As regards bilateral ties, he said the visit by Sidibe can help promote mutual cooperation.

“The parliamentary and political ties are in good level and we hope to promote economic relations, too.”

The African speaker, for his part, lauded friendly relations between his country and Iran and said, “We are eager to define new framework for further cooperation.”

“We will remain a friend of Iran forever and will never cooperate with enemies of Iran,” he noted.

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