During the Friday evening meeting, Burt touched upon his country’s interest in developing cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The two sides emphasized the implementation of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as JCPOA, and exchanged views on the regional issues.
The Iranian and British officials also called for an end to the conflict in Yemen, and urged that the appalling conditions of people in the impoverished Arab country should be addressed.
Speaking at the meeting held in Tehran, Jakab expressed his pleasure with traveling to the Islamic Republic.
“We hope you [FM Zarif] will have a visit to Hungary. We are interested in strengthening the cooperation of the two countries in various fields.”
“After the first joint commission, we are eager to boost parliamentary and also economic cooperation, especially in the field of agriculture,” Jakab added.
For his part, FM Zarif said that in recent years, Iran has had good relations with Budapest.
“The history of the bilateral ties goes back to a long time ago. I hope in the future I would have a trip to Hungary,” Zarif noted, stressing that banking cooperation provides the ground for expanding collaborations in other fields.
The two sides also discussed issues related to parliamentary cooperation, tourism, energy, and water management.
During their Friday meeting, the Kyrgyz official congratulated Iran on holding its presidential election in a democratic atmosphere, saying that the presidential votes led to the strengthening of the Islamic Republic’s status at the regional and international arena.
Abdyldaev also stated that Iran and Kyrgyzstan could expand ties in various fields. He said there are good areas for cooperation in fields like small and medium industries, mines, agriculture, railways, launching airlines, power plants and dams.
Abdyldaev stressed that his country welcomes cooperation with Iranian companies in these fields.
In turn, Iran’s Zarif welcomed the expansion and deepening of cooperation between the two countries, saying that Tehran is also interested in cooperating with Bishkek on energy, agriculture and transit.
Zarif stressed that the obstacles in this way must be removed.
“We are interested in launching airlines. We believe that launching flights, easing visa regime and removing banking barriers will pave the way for further development of bilateral relations,” Zarif went on to say.
During the Friday meeting held in Tehran, Caesar Navas expressed his satisfaction of being in Iran, saying he is conveying the warm wishes of the Ecuadorian president.
“I am pleased to say that after your visit to Ecuador, the two countries are expanding their ties. We have opened a business office in Tehran and are interested in cooperating with you in various fields,” the Ecuadorian official told Zarif.
Zarif, for his part, referred to his visit to the South American country along with delegations from Iran’s public and private economic sectors, and said, “There exists good potentials for bilateral cooperation in such fields as housing, technology, energy and banking.”
The Iranian foreign minister also stressed the importance of mutual cooperation in all areas including economic, security, multilateral and international ones.
The two sides also emphasized the exchange of experience in fight against drug trafficking and providing education in this regard. They also discussed regional developments, underlining that the issues in the region have to be resolved by the regional countries.
The meeting was also attended by the Ecuadorian deputy minister of foreign affairs.
During their Friday meeting, Zarif and Zimbabwe’s FM Simbarashe Simbanenduku Mumbengegwi discussed bilateral and regional issues.
Holding Tehran-Harare joint commission, fight against terrorism, and some other topics were top on the agenda of the two officials’ talks.
Zarif also met Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, who is in Tehran to attend President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration on Saturday.
In the meeting, the two officials exchanged views on the ways to expand bilateral relations, especially in the fields of industry, energy, banking and agriculture.
Jaberi Ansari, who is also Iran’s senior negotiator at Astana talks on Syria, conferred with Yalçın on the latest regional and international developments, particularly the issues of Syria and Palestine.
The two sides also discussed the required arrangements for holding a fresh round of expert talks on Syria peace in Tehran with the aim of ensuring its success.
The Iranian diplomat arrived in the Turkish capital on Thursday morning after visiting Moscow, where he had held several rounds of consultations within the framework of Astana Process.
The member of Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Mariana Haselberger, has voiced Vienna’s interest in cooperating with Iran in the field of technology, saying her company intends to gain comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the Iranian culture and economy to effectively implement its projects in the Islamic Republic.
According to a Farsi report by the Mehr News Agency, she referred to science, technology and experience as the three main components in the implementation of her company’s joint projects with Iran.
“We will do our best to share our knowledge, information, and experience with the Iranian side over the course of this joint venture.”
Commenting on her visits to industrial complexes in Tabriz in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan, she expressed the hope that by carrying out this project, the two sides would manage to ensure a close cooperation that would lead to the continuation of such collaborations in the future.
The AIT has signed an agreement with Iran’s Rab’-e Rashidi Special Science and Technology Zone and the Iranian Association for Management of Technology to start cooperation in manufacturing auto spare parts in East Azarbaijan Province.
Ammar al-Hakim announced on July 24 he is stepping down as the ISCI leader to establish a new party.
However, in an interview with the Mehr News Agency, he said the formation of the new party does not mean breaking relationship with the members of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
“Since 2009 and after the relative failure of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq in the political arena of the country, we came to the conclusion that the structure and approaches of the council need some sort of reform in order to restore its position according to the facts in the Iraqi society,” the Iraqi politician added.
“This approach has been discussed for a long time at the higher levels of the council, but for some reasons it was not accepted by some colleagues, and finally we decided to form a new party.”
Hakim also pointed out that the management of the new conditions in which the young generation of Iraq came into existence need to be reviewed.
“We are trying to take a fresh look at how to attract more of this generation,” he added.
“There is not going to be any negative competition between us and our friends from other groups, especially in the Supreme Council. I am the same Seyyed Ammar, but we should take into consideration that getting updated in the field of political action needs change in some approaches, especially in relation to the new generation of Iraqi society,” Hakim noted.
In response to a question on his probable trip to Saudi Arabia, the Iraqi cleric said that he is not planning a visit to Saudi Arabia at the moment.
“A Saudi mediator recently came to me with a message saying that if invited, will you meet with the Saudi heads of state? I said if their souvenir for me is that they will leave Bahrain and end massacre of the innocent Yemeni people, I will certainly accept their invitation. They turned down my request and for the time being, I am not planning a trip to Saudi Arabia.”
Mohammad Radmehr, the governor of Parsian town in Hormuzgan province, said two fishing boats departed the town on Monday for catching fish, but lost each other and unintentionally sailed out of the Iranian territorial waters.
According to a Farsi report by the Mehr News Agency, one of the fishing boats with three sailors on board, named Abdolmajid Rahmani, Mohammad Amin Bahri, and Aqil Irannejad, was seized by Qatar’s coast guards after they trespassed the Arab country’s waters, he added.
“The IRGC Navy and all relevant authorities are pursuing their release through legal measures,” Radmehr went on to say.
This is the second such incident in over two weeks. Earlier on July 19, three other Iranian fishermen were detained by Qatari coast guards in the Persian Gulf.
The detained people, from Assaluyeh port of Iran’s southern Bushehr province, were busy fishing in a boat near the oil rigs of Qatar, the Chief of Fishery Organization of Assaluyeh port, Abdolhossein Bahreini, said at the time.
The Iranian boat did not receive the required licence for fishing, and since it did not observe the marine border regulations, it was stopped and its crew were detained, Bahreini said.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi made the announcement on Wednesday, shortly after Trump signed into law a bill by Congress that imposes new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea.
Iran and the P5+1 group of countries — the US, the UK, France, Russia, and China plus Germany — inked the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in July 2015. It lifted nuclear related sanctions on Iran, which, in turn, put certain limits on its nuclear work.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has invariably certified Iran’s commitment to its contractual obligations since January 2016, when the deal took effect. The US, however, has prevented the deal from fully yielding. Washington has refused to offer global financial institutions the guarantees that they would not be hit by American punitive measures for transactions with Iran.
“The US’ main goal for imposing the sanctions against Iran is to destroy the JCPOA and we will react very intelligently to these measures,” said Araghchi.
Noting that Trump’s move was predictable as Congress had almost unanimously voted for the new sanctions, Araghchi stressed that it showed the US believes the JCPOA has empowered Iran in the region.
“Based on this perspective, the general belief in Washington is that this situation must be reversed and Iran must be put under pressure,” he said, adding that the nuclear deal is a hindrance for such measures.
He noted that imposing fresh sanctions on Iran is an attempt to reduce Tehran’s benefits from the nuclear accord and to negatively affect its “successful implementation.”
The senior Iranian official also said that in a committee chaired by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani several decisions were made over reactions towards Washington’s provocative measures, which will be duly handed over to the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
“On Monday, the committee for monitoring the implementation of the JCPOA had a meeting in which all aspects of the new measures were discussed and very intelligent responses were designed,” he added
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