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Pres. Rouhani’s message to Indonesian counterpart delivered

reporter 1222 — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:50:38 +0000

Ebtekar, the Special Envoy of Iranian president, met with Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla and handed President Rouhani’s written message to President Joko Widodo to him.

The Special Envoy of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Masoumeh Ebtekar, who was tasked to deliver President Rouhani’s message to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, to Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla.

Also Ms. Ebtekar, handed the formal invitation extended by President Rouhani to Indonesian President Joko Widodo to attend the Dialogue Assembly of Asian Cooperation whose summit and ministerial meeting will be held in the future in Tehran.

The two sides, in this meeting, discussed the latest developments in bilateral relations in areas of economy, trade, and banking.

Ebtekar underlined the friendly ties between Tehran and Jakarta and said that holding of a joint economic commission and easing banking relations are necessary for broadening bilateral ties between Tehran and Jakarta.

The Indonesian official for his part re-voiced his country’s support for Iran in the nuclear dispute with US.

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Ebtekar, EU rep discuss women’s rights

reporter 1222 — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:02:47 +0000

TEHRAN — The Iranian vice president for women and family affairs and the European Union’s special representative for human rights held a meeting in Tehran.

In a recent tweet shared late Monday VP Masoumeh Ebtekar wrote about her visit with Stavros Lambrinidis in Tehran, however, she hasn’t mentioned the exact date of the session.

“We discussed maintaining dialogue on women’s rights and exchange of experiences,” Ebtekar tweeted in English.

In another tweet in Persian, Ebtekar noted that they had talks on “initiating multilateral dialogue” and “exchange of successful social experiences”.

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Ebtekar Stresses Importance of Cooperation With Belgium

reporter 1222 — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 04:33:32 +0000

TEHRAN – Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar says economic and trade cooperation between Iran and Belgium and their commonalties are of special significance.

Speaking to speaker of the Belgian House of Representatives Siegfried Bracke in Tehran on Saturday, Ebtekar said cooperation to scale down terrorism and violence in the region and certain European countries is among priorities of Iran’s cooperation.

She said Iran’s scientific and technological achievements have been very effective and these stand as an opportunity for expansion of cooperation.

Ebtekar referred to progress in the fields of women and family, and said women accounted for 35 percent of the literate population in Iran in after victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, but the figure has now reached 85 percent.

She added that furthermore, women account for half the academics and efforts are underway to offer 30 percent of managerial posts to women in Iran.

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