Tag: Iran-Norway Relations

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Søreide have held talks over bilateral ties and the situation in Afghanistan. The negotiations happened on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the “logical and rational” stances that Norway has adopted against unilateralism.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has discussed the coronavirus pandemic with his Norwegian counterpart.

Iran’s new ambassadors to Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belarus, Armenia, Serbia, South Africa, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Mauritania and Croatia met with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday before starting their missions.

Following the burning of the Holy Quran by the leader of the SIAN or Stop Islamization of Norway, the Norwegian chargé d'affaires has been summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry in the absence of the country's ambassador.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay separate visits to Kuwait and the three Scandinavian nations of Finland, Sweden, and Norway in coming days.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had a phone conversation with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide during his stopover in the Scandinavian nation en route to New York.

Tehran has hosted the 9th round of political consultations between Iran and Norway, which was co-chaired by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, and Secretary General of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, Tore Hattrem.

Following the devastating floods which struck parts of Iran and left 70 people dead, several countries and international humanitarian bodies have started dispatching their aid cargos to the crisis-hit areas of Iran.

British and Norwegian top diplomats, in separate phone conversations with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have discussed the latest developments in bilateral relations and the Iran nuclear deal.