Raisi: Enemies Trying to Curb Regional Progress
TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday blasted foreign interference in the region, saying hostile attempts have failed to obstruct cooperation among the regional states.
“After failing to undermine the determination of the regional governments for effective interaction, the enemies are attempting to obstruct the path to the development and strengthening of regional cooperation with deceptive tricks, but they will get nowhere,” he told Kuwait’s new ambassador Bader Abdullah al-Munaikh.
Describing dialogue among the neighbors and the promotion
of regional cooperation as the best way to address the problems, Raisi said, “Foreign interference in the regional affairs has not only not solved any problem, but has always created troubles.”
Iran has been always a friend of its neighbors in hard days, the president stated, noting that the relations between Iran and Kuwait are deep-rooted and based on faith and cultures of the two nations.
He went on to say that Iran and Kuwait can employ their capacities to increase the level of economic and trade cooperation by several times the current state.
For his part, the new Kuwaiti ambassador said he had started his mission to Tehran in order to strengthen relations between the two countries and open up new vistas for bilateral ties.
Separately, President Raisi described closer relations among independent states as a way to nullify the foreign sanctions.
“The sanctions have not stopped and won’t stop us by any means,” he told Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei here.
“Today, Iran is stronger than ever, and increased U.S. hostilities towards the Islamic Republic are because of Iran’s growing power.”
Raisi highlighted capacities for cooperation in the fields of the energy industry and heavy machinery between Iran and Belarus, saying joint economic meetings signify the two nations’ determination to enhance relations.
Makei said the roadmap for expansion of relations between the two countries has been finalized by the Iran-Belarus cooperation joint commission and its implementation will result in the stable promotion of bilateral cooperation.