Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani says a central plank of Iran’s foreign policy is to forge closer cooperation with regional and neighboring countries.
“The enhancement of relations with regional and neighboring countries is among the priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy,” Rouhani said on Wednesday in response to a congratulatory message from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Rouhani also responded to an earlier message by acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, calling for the promotion of bilateral ties between Iran and Palestine.

The deepening of cordial relations with Palestine has always been a priority of Iran’s foreign policy, he said.

Rouhani also responded to a congratulatory message by Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

The Iranian president-elect said Kuwait has always had a special position in Iran’s foreign policy.

The expansion of friendly ties between the two countries will contribute to the restoration of peace and stability in the sensitive Middle East region.

Rouhani also responded to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s message and welcomed the further expansion of ties with Algeria to serve the common interests of both nations.

He said his future administration will be determined to consolidate Iran's ties with the African country in all arenas.

Rouhani won Iran’s June 14 presidential election with an outright victory, gaining 18,613,329 votes, or 50.7 percent of a total of 36,704,156 ballots counted.

Nearly 50.5 million Iranians, including more than 1.6 million first-time voters, were eligible to participate in the presidential election. The voter turnout in the election was 72.7 percent, according to the Interior Ministry.

By Press TV

 

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