TEHRAN - Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that his government is determined to further develop trade and economic relations and cooperation with the neighboring states.
Good neighborliness, economic and trade relations, and the activation of border markets are among the plans and policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and bartering with neighbors can help develop the economy and further relations with countries in the region, Raisi said in a meeting with representatives of the East and West Azerbaijan provinces in the parliament in Tehran.
“Foreigners in the region are pursuing their own expansionist interests and we will not allow the Zionists to disrupt our relations with our neighbors,” he added.
Raisi described the completion of infrastructural plans and projects in different parts of the country as the first priority of the government in the provinces, saying that “in our provincial trips, we are not looking to begin new projects, and all we are trying to do is the completion of semi-finished projects in various fields to help youth employment and development of the country”.