Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has underlined the need for Iranian embassies abroad to work in coordination with the country’s businesspeople.
Speaking at the introduction ceremony of the country’s new foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Tuesday, Pezeshkian said that “our representative and businessperson will know his work and the embassy will also know what to give and what to take.
The president’s comments come as during his presidential campaign, he repeatedly pledged support for the private sector operators.
In his appearance before the parliament earlier this month to defend his cabinet nominees, President Pezeshkian once again promised that his government would endeavor to return the economic and social activities to people and pave the way for further partnership of people and the private sector.
The president has also said that more engagement with the world alongside efforts to remove the sanctions on the country are among top priorities of his administration.
He proposed Abbas Araghchi, a senior negotiator in the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers as his pick for foreign minister who received the Parliament’s vote of confidence with 247 votes out of the total 288 votes cast.
Pezeshkian noted that the more Iran strengthens relations with other countries, the more it will become unsanctionable.
He stressed the need for giving a boost to relations with neighboring countries and said that if Iran establishes friendly relations with its 15 or 16 neighbors, the US sanctions will not be able to do anything to the country.
The president also underlined the necessity for more enhanced relations among Muslim countries, saying, “We Muslims are brother; peace must be established among brothers.”
“Europeans opened their borders to each other, unified their currency, but we Muslims are building a wall between us.”