29 Mar 2024
Sunday 11 June 2017 - 15:50
Story Code : 264298

Austria Iran's preferred partner for brokering ties in EU

MNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed Iran's willingness to cooperate with Austria, confirming that the Islamic Republic holds the highest level of brokering ties with Vienna in EU.

"The actions of extremist groups have nothing to do with any of the religions in the world; terrorism is a global threat concerning many countries," Austrian Federal Minister of Finance Hans Jrg Schelling, who heads a delegation of senior financial and economic officialsin Iran, said in a meeting with Foreign Minister Zarif on Sunday, condemning Tehran's twin terrorist attack.

Noting Tehran-Vienna ties, Schellingunderlined that Austria is seeking to deepen bilateral relations with Iran, particularly in the economic and financial sectors, adding economic activities are the intersection of cooperation between the two countries.

He reaffirmed thatAustrian government has recently quadrupled bank warranties and investment with Iran to develop relations between the two countriesand expressedAustria's willingness for educational cooperation in banking field.

He expressed hope that the successful trip wouldlead toprincipal agreements on investmentandtaxation.

"Relations with Austria, especially after the implementation of JCPOA, has enjoyed progressesto the extent that during the firstterm of President Rouhani his Austarian counterpartwas the first to pay a visit to the Islamic Republic," said zarif noting the good relations between the two countries.

Zarif, while expressing gratitude on Austra's sympathy andstressing the need to combat terrorism, underlined that Takfiri terrorism threatens all countries in the region and needs collective cooperation of all countries to be destroyed.
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