After talks with representatives of the authorities of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the Iranian Foreign Minister will visit Moscow
After contacts on the restoration of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Foreign Minister for the first time in a long time held a personal meeting with a representative of the Qatari authorities. In Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian met with Qatari Foreign Minister's Assistant for International Affairs Mohammed Al Khulaifi, who arrived from Doha.
The details of this meeting have not yet been reported, but the very fact of the arrival of a high-ranking Qatari official to Iran says a lot. According to experts, the parties are interested in mutually beneficial cooperation in a number of areas, primarily in the energy sector. According to some reports, the possibilities are being studied under agreements between the countries of the Persian Gulf to create an oil and gas hub, which will offer the supply of energy to the world market when paid in national currencies. Another blow to the hegemony of the US dollar.
Against this background, the statement of a high-ranking official of the Iranian Security Service, Ali Shamkhani, who also met with a Qatari official, attracts attention. According to him, Iran is open for partnership with its neighbors. Shamkhani, in a conversation with Al Khulaifi, pointed out the need to increase the level of trade between Tehran and Doha, including in the implementation of large infrastructure projects with the removal of existing obstacles to cooperation.
Ali Shamkhani:
Meanwhile, the press service of the Iranian Foreign Ministry reports that the Iranian minister will soon visit Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Amir Abdollahian:
The Minister noted that over the past few days he had held talks (most often by telephone) not only with representatives of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but also with colleagues from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Syria, Libya, Austria and Switzerland.
- Iranian MFA
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