Iran’s policy in the region is to strengthen peace, stability, security: President

Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi, during the visit of the Chairman of the People’s Expediency Council of Turkmenistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that the relations between the two countries are based on deep cultural commonalities, saying, “Cooperation between Tehran and Ashgabat has enjoyed significant growth in the last two years, when the Islamic Republic of Iran government has been determined to strengthen neighbourly relations”.

Stating that there is no obstacle in the development of relations between the two countries, the President added, “The two countries have potentials to expand cooperation in the fields of energy, transportation, transit, customs, agriculture, science and technology”.

Referring to the problem of water scarcity as a common problem of the countries of the region, the President said, “If the countries of the region had constructive cooperation and interaction in this field, similar to the exemplary cooperation of Iran and Turkmenistan to manage the issue of shared waters by building a friendship dam, the problems in this field would be reduced”.

The President added, “We firmly believe that an important part of the region’s problems, including the lack of serious cooperation in various issues, is due to the presence of outsiders. The presence of outsiders in the region is not only not security and peace maker, but it also disturbs security and peace”.

President Raisi emphasized, “The policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region is to create and strengthen peace, stability and security, and unlike the Westerners who claim to protect human rights, we are seriously and genuinely looking for human rights and we believe that the Westerners are not in the position of claiming such things”.

Ayatollah Raisi also welcomed the proposal of reviving the process of holding mutual economic and trade exhibitions between Iran and Turkmenistan, which was put forward by the Chairman of the People’s Expediency Council of Turkmenistan, and stated, “Holding such exhibitions is definitely an important and effective help in recognizing the mutual capacities of economic activists of the two countries”.

In this meeting, the national leader and Chairman of the People’s Expediency Council of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, expressed gratitude for the warm hospitality of his Iranian brothers and said, “Iran and Turkmenistan, as two friendly and neighboring countries, always seek to strengthen their deep relations. Turkmenistan has supported the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of establishing peace and stability in the region”.

The Chairman of the People’s Expediency Council of Turkmenistan described increased joint cooperation in the fields of energy, rail and road transport, transit and customs affairs, electricity exchange and commercial, economic and industrial cooperation, medical and health affairs and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of water and agriculture as one of the most important capacities and interests of his country to expand cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran and noted, “The cooperation of the two countries in building the Friendship Dam will continue strongly as a model in the field of regional cooperation”.

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