President Hassan Rouhani made the comment while receiving the credential of new Romanian Ambassador to Tehran Mirela-Carmen Grecu.
He expressed hope relations between the two countries will further expand as a new chapter of mutual cooperation has opened.
“The two countries enjoy good potential to enhance their cooperation on economic and scientific fronts,” said Rouhani.
The top Romanian diplomat, in turn, said Tehran and Bucharest have always had cordial and friendly relations, which should be best utilized to tap into the existing potentialities to upgrade bilateral cooperation.
She said the implementation of some agreements between the two countries has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
She underlined efforts have been made to hold a meeting of the Iran-Romania Joint Cooperation Commission as soon as possible to make up for the delays and settle the problems which have emerged on the way of boosting bilateral ties.