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Iran FM urges expansion of regional cooperation
Tehran, June 12, IRNA – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Friday evening underlined the need for promotion of regional cooperation.
He made the remarks in a meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Vladimir Norov held on the sidelines of the 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
He also called for further exchange of visits between the two countries’ officials in order to boost all-out bilateral cooperation.
Iran’s relations with the regional states are based on friendship, well-being and development, Mottaki reiterated.
Expressing his concern over the current situation in Afghanistan, he said terrorism, extremism, insecurity, narcotics production and presence of foreign forces are major causes of crises in that neighboring state.
He added that the US policies in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past years have been failed.
For his part, the Uzbek foreign minister said that Afghanistan's complicated problems have negative impacts on other regional countries.
He lauded Iran’s great efforts in the area of anti-drug campaign and voiced his country’s readiness to cooperate with the Islamic Republic in that field.
Mottaki is currently in Uzbekistan to attend the annual summit of the six-nation SCO.
The SCO member states include Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Pakistan, India, Mongolia and Iran are observers while, Belarus and Sri Lanka are dialogue partners./end
He made the remarks in a meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Vladimir Norov held on the sidelines of the 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
He also called for further exchange of visits between the two countries’ officials in order to boost all-out bilateral cooperation.
Iran’s relations with the regional states are based on friendship, well-being and development, Mottaki reiterated.
Expressing his concern over the current situation in Afghanistan, he said terrorism, extremism, insecurity, narcotics production and presence of foreign forces are major causes of crises in that neighboring state.
He added that the US policies in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past years have been failed.
For his part, the Uzbek foreign minister said that Afghanistan's complicated problems have negative impacts on other regional countries.
He lauded Iran’s great efforts in the area of anti-drug campaign and voiced his country’s readiness to cooperate with the Islamic Republic in that field.
Mottaki is currently in Uzbekistan to attend the annual summit of the six-nation SCO.
The SCO member states include Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Pakistan, India, Mongolia and Iran are observers while, Belarus and Sri Lanka are dialogue partners./end
