IRNA -- First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri condemned recent cruise missile attacks by the US on Syria�s strategic airbase, and said that such behavior will certainly result in strengthening extremism.


�Such measures will pave the way for reinforcing extremism in the region,� Jahangiri said in a meeting with Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semj�n in Tehran on Saturday.

The first vice-president, meantime, pointed to the status quo of Iran-Hungary relations, and said, �The expansion of relations with the European States, Hungary in particular, is of paramount importance in Iran�s foreign diplomacy field and age-old relations between the two countries has added to the need for mutual cooperation between the two countries.�

Jahangiri said that Iran is interested to broaden its relations with the EU member-states, Hungary in particular, in the domains of economy, politics and culture.

�After the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) there was a need for the creation of a political will to enhance relations that came true after the visit by Hungarian Prime Viktor Orban to Iran,� he added.

The Hungarian deputy prime minister, for his part, pointed to the signing of cooperation pacts between Iran and Hungary, and said, �A banking delegation will visit Iran for concluding agreements in the near future.�