TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian and Italian foreign ministry officials, in a meeting in Tehran, explored avenues for reinvigorating and bolstering bilateral ties and exchanged views over the recent Geneva agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany).


During the meeting in the Iranian capital on Sunday night, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European and America Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi and the Italian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Political and Security Affairs, Sandro De Bernardin, underlined the need for the further expansion of the relations between Iran and Italy.

During the meeting, Takht Ravanchi pointed to the current status of the Iran-Italy relations, and called for using the existing potentials to further broaden the two countries’ mutual cooperation.

De Bernardin, for his part, underlined that his country is willing to further enhance mutual cooperation with Iran, and said, “Italy counts on Iran for resolving the regional problems.”

During the meeting, Takht Ravanchi and De Bernardin also discussed the recent agreement between Iran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) in Geneva.

The Italian diplomat pointed to the deal, and said, “The Geneva 3 agreement has provided a suitable ground for Iran to play a more effective role in settling the regional problems.”

On November 19, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to Rome to pay an official visit at the invitation of his Italian counterpart Emma Bonino.

Zarif was accompanied by his team of negotiators during the several-hour-long visit to Rome as they were scheduled to leave Italy for Geneva later in the day to attend another round of talks with the six world powers on Tehran's nuclear program.

During his stay, Zarif consulted with senior Italian officials about the further expansion of the bilateral ties between Tehran and Rome and regional and international issues.

Last month, Bonino said if the sanctions on Iran are lifted or eased, the western countries, including Italy, will no doubt vie with each other to win the eye-catching advantages of Iran's great and lucrative market.

By Fars News Agency 

 

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