During the meeting on Wednesday, the Leader lauded Iranian administrations efforts to solve problems facing people, saying, Today, economic problems and bottlenecks are the foremost problem of the country, which must be resolved and their resolution depends on correct and accurate implementation of the policies of the Economy of Resistance.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the headquarters set up to supervise implementation of these policies should monitor all state-run and private sectors to make sure their activities are in line with the policies of the Economy of Resistance.
The Leader emphasized that all economic plans and projects, which are not in line or are at odds with the policies of the Economy of Resistance must be stopped.
An important practical requirement for the implementation of the policies of the Economy of Resistance is building a discourse to correctly delineate these policies and their effects by relevant officials, the Leader said.
Ayatollah Khamenei stated that another requirement for the implementation of the policies of the Economy of Resistance was paying due attention to knowledge-based companies, stressing that none of the projects that can be carried out by Iranian knowledge-based companies should be assigned to foreign firms.
Asia, Africa, Latin America among Iran's foreign policy priorities
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Leader said foreign policy is a priority for the administration, but cautioned that Iran's diplomatic capacity should be evenly divided between different regions of the world.
Asia, Africa, and Latin America must be given their due share in the countrys foreign policy, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The Leader added that a great deal of care must be exercised with regard to regional issues, which are very complicated and intertwined and they must be addressed with enough accuracy and vigilance.
JCPOA proved the US untrustworthy
The Leader further noted that outward behavior of countries cannot be taken as a basis for interaction in diplomacy, noting that Iran's nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) proved that American cannot be trusted.
Ayatollah Khamenei said a lesson should be learned from the United States breaching its promises with regard to the JCPOA, adding, This experience teaches us that no promise given by any American administration can be trusted and we must not take practical measures in return for their promises.
National defense in the face of threats
Referring to the subject of the countrys security, Ayatollah Khameneipraised the Iranian security forces for their role in safeguarding the Islamic Republics securityat a time when insecurity is rampant in regionalcountries.
The Leader added that Irans national defense capability mustbe kept invincibleagainst the threats facing the country.
The Leader went on to say that Iransdefense capability must develop further as the countrys adversaries fearthe Islamic Republics advances with regard to itsdefense and ballistic capabilities.
By Press TV
