TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallstrom in a meeting in Stockholm on Tuesday discussed ways to further broaden bilateral relations despite the U.S. sanctions.
Zarif, who arrived in Stockholm on a diplomatic tour on Monday evening, met with Wallstrom on Tuesday.
After the meeting, the foreign minister will attend a dinner ceremony hosted by his Swedish counterpart.
Meeting with Swedish Minister of Trade and Head of Joint Commission of the two countries Ann Linde, former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt and Chairman of the British Company owner of the seized ship in Iran Eric Honel are among the Foreign Minister's plans in Stockholm today.
Zarif, who is on a three-nation tour to Nordic countries to hold high-level talks with the European country’s senior officials on a host of bilateral as well as international issues, met with his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto and the Finnish Minister for Development, Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari in Helsinki on Monday. Prior to these meeting, Zarif held talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.
Zarif will also pay a visit to Paris later this week for talks with the French president and his top diplomat.
"I will travel to Paris on Friday to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian,” Zarif said during a gathering of Iranians in the Swedish capital of Stockholm late Monday.