Bamako, July 28, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived here in the Malian capital Thursday at the fourth and last leg of his tour to West Africa. Zarif started his African tour on July 24. The tour took him first to Nigeria, then to Ghana, and after that to Guinea Conakry. He met and conferred with the top officials of these ...

Conakry, July 28, IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left here Thursday for Mali at the fourth and last leg of his tour to West Africa. Zarif started his African tour on July 24. The tour took him first to Nigeria, then to Ghana, and after that to Guinea Conakry. He met and conferred with the top officials of these countries to broaden ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Malian Deputy Foreign Minister for Regional Affairs and African Cooperation Muhammad Walamin Watara underlined his country's interest to expand all-out ties with Iran. He made the remarks during meeting with Vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mansour Haqiqatpour in Tehran on Sunday....

By France 24 AFP -Europe's foreign ministers will sharply ramp up the pressure on Iran and Syria at talks Monday, while taking a "big step" in Africa by agreeing to assist Mali reconquer its north from rebels and Islamist extremists. Meeting days before a European Union summit, the bloc's 27 foreign ministers are tipped to agree what a diplomatic ...

[caption id="attachment_108291" align="alignright" width="226"] Ouagadougou airport in Burkina Faso, where the Air Algrie plane took off. Photograph: Ahmed Ouoba/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Plane flying from Burkina Faso to Algeria is reportedly discovered after losing contact with air traffic controllers The wreckage of Air Algrie flight AH5017 from ...

Malis Tuareg and Arab rebels say they are resuming peace negotiations with the West African countrys government. The rebels, who are fighting to gain autonomy in the northern region of the country, made the announcement on Saturday, nine days after they staged a walkout from the talks, which were held in Ouagadougou, the capital of neighboring Burkina ...

Tehran, Oct 1, IRNA First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, in a message, felicitated the new Malian Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly on his appointment, saying Iran is willing to promote ties with all African states including Mali. Jahangiri hoped Bamako would witness peace and tranquility during the tenure of the new premier and called for success and ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi has expressed support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Mali, urging the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to employ its potentials to settle the crisis in the African country. Salehi made the remarks at a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group in Jeddah,...

Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to attend a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on the crisis in Mali. Foreign ministers of the OIC Contact Group on Mali are scheduled to hold a meeting in Jeddah on Monday to discuss ways of easing the situation in the African ...

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic and Guinea can work to decrease the scale of crisis plaguing countries like Syria and Mali, IRNA news agency reported. "Iran, as the president of the Non-Aligned Movement, and Guinea, as a member of this movement and also a member of the African Union, can do their parts to decrease ...

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 global foreign and defence policy heavyweights have been discussing global hot-spot issues including the situation in Mali, Syria, and Iran's nuclear program at the 49th Munich Security Conference (MSC) starting from Friday. The three-day event billed itself as being "dedicated to exchanging new ideas ...

A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official has called for an immediate end to the French-led war in Mali. Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the call on Wednesday, urging the maintenance of Malis sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity. The Islamic Republic of Iran, while pursuing the developments ...