Effective cooperation with regional organizations priority for Iran’s foreign policy: President Raeisi
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says effective cooperation with regional organizations is a priority for the country's foreign policy.
Raeisi made the remark in a Monday meeting with Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Salman Al Farisi in Tehran.
“Effective cooperation with regional organizations is a priority for our foreign policy and the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to share its remarkable capabilities with the member states of the Indian Ocean Rim Association,” Iran’s chief executive said.
Noting that Iran has cooperated with the littoral countries of the Indian Ocean in the past, Raeisi called on the association to become more active by taking advantage of the past experiences, especially in three major areas of water economy, women's empowerment, and expansion of scientific and technological cooperation.
Pointing to the considerable capacity of the IORA member states, he stressed the importance of drawing up more plans to reinforce convergence among the association's members and make the most of their potentialities.
For his part, Al Farisi hailed Iran for chairing the IORA's working group on Women's Empowerment, saying that the Islamic Republic has also taken effective measures and provided remarkable services to improve the association's approach to academic, science and technology cooperation.
The Indian Ocean Rim Association is an inter-governmental organization, which was established in 1997.
As the third largest ocean woven together by trade routes, commands control of major sea-lanes carrying half of the world’s container ships, one third of the world’s bulk cargo traffic and two thirds of the world’s oil shipments, the Indian Ocean remains an important lifeline to international trade and transport.
Home to nearly 2.7 billion people, IORA member states vary considerably in terms of their areas, populations and levels of economic development. Despite such diversity and differences, these countries are bound together by the Indian Ocean.
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