Tehran, IRNA – Serbian and Iranian officials have held talks on expansion of cooperation in political and economic arenas both at bilateral and international levels.
Iran’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political Issues Ali Bagheri Kani met with Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković and his Undersecretary Nemanja Starović separately in Belgrade on Friday.
In the meeting with the Serbian foreign minister, Bagheri Kani underscored that Serbia and Iran are expected to take common stances at international level relying on alignment in cooperation with independent states in order to strengthen peace and stability in the world.
Referring to a recent meeting between presidents of Serbia and Iran on the sidelines of the 77 UN General Assembly in New York, he stressed the need for expanding all-out ties between Belgrade and Tehran.
He also expressed hope that exchange of high-ranking delegations between the two countries would happen in the near future to pursue development of mutual ties in political, economic, military, cultural and scientific areas.
The Serbian minister and the Iranian deputy foreign minister censured the United States’ double standards, when it comes to human rights, noting that Belgrade and Tehran do not support the policy of imposing sanctions on any nation.
During a meeting with the undersecretary of the Serbian foreign minister, Bagheri Kani called for speeding up the initiation of negotiations on signing a memorandum of understanding between the two countries.
On tourism industry, the Iranian official underlined that there is good capacity to expand mutual cooperation in this regard, urging for more efforts to facilitate tourism coordination.
Nemanja Starović, for his part, said that the increasing interaction between ministries of foreign affairs of these two countries indicates that both ministries are determined to implement objectives proposed by presidents of Serbia and Iran.
According to the Serbian official, tradesmen in Serbia are keen on expanding ties with their Iranian partners.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
