Our Foreign Minister stressed that looking east does not mean leaving the West and we certainly do not want to tie the country to Russia and China, said: Vienna talks and We will carry out the revival of Barjam by relying on collective wisdom.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian In an interview with ISNA on the sidelines of his recent tour in response to the question that you recently traveled to Moscow and met With the authorities of this country. Given the Thirteenth Government’s view of engagement with Asian countries, including the East, does this mean that engagement with the West has little place in the Thirteenth Government’s foreign policy? Let’s say, balanced foreign policy is under active, dynamic and intelligent diplomacy .
“Looking at our neighbors and looking at Asia and interacting with countries in the region is a top priority for us in the field of foreign policy,” he said. “Looking at Asia does not mean looking at other regions, including Do not pay attention to the West.
This high-ranking diplomat of our country continued: One of the features of a balanced foreign policy is to use every opportunity in other areas of the world to ensure the maximum interests of our nation, while paying attention to priorities.
“I met and consulted with 18 European foreign ministers during my visit to New York,” he said. “This shows that looking east does not mean leaving the West.” But the Westerners should know, and we have explicitly told the Westerners, that we are in the same area with China, Russia and India, and we are in the geography of Asia, and you because of the policies pursued by the United States and the non-fulfillment of your obligations to Iran. You are losing money day by day and you are moving away from investment and interaction programs with Iran in various commercial and economic fields. We have told them that in any case, Iran will not remain closed-minded and will decide and move forward in its own interests.
“A balanced foreign policy means pursuing an active foreign policy in our interaction with the East and the West and having dynamic diplomacy,” he said. To tie the knot, but to pursue and regulate foreign policy in the interests of both sides, and to the extent that China, Russia, India, or any other country in the world, in the common interests of both sides Have initiatives and we feel that our interests are being served at a very good level. We certainly welcome these ideas and certainly have the opportunity for all countries on different continents and regions, whether in Latin America, Africa or The West or any other area that may be.
Amir Abdullahian also continued his interview with ISNA reporter in response to the question that you have repeatedly emphasized that the Foreign Ministry will not be the only Foreign Ministry in the 13th government, and on the other hand, you have stated that Iran’s investigations into six rounds The previous Vienna talks are coming to an end and the Vienna talks will start soon. “As you mentioned, we are concluding,” he said. Negotiation has two parts , one of which is policy-making , which is naturally pursued in the Supreme National Security Council . Another part of it is the negotiation , which is one of the inherent duties of the State Department, and the negotiations are naturally pursued in the field of expertise and our senior negotiators in the Political Department of the State Department.
This high-ranking diplomat of our country stated: The team that will follow this issue in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the management of the Political Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and under the direct responsibility of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in this section, will take action We use all the legal, international, economic and political capacities of this ministry both at the level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and we use the national capacities in full.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that we believe that we should work with collective wisdom and in this regard, in the discussion of content production and related issues, we must interact and agree with academics and think tanks. “The issue of negotiations is both highly sensitive at the national level and involves multilateral negotiations,” he said. Therefore, it is necessary to coordinate, consensus and collective wisdom, whether in the field of negotiation, whose responsibility as a senior negotiator will remain in the political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or in the field where ministers should work or in related parts of the system. Thoughts and academia that can provide the necessary support in the legal, technical, economic and commercial fields and other dimensions that these negotiations can have.
“We do not want to involve the full capacity of the State Department in this,” he said. We have worked in the State Department. Each department must fulfill its inherent duties, and one of our tasks is the subject of Barjam negotiations.
Amir Abdolhian, in response to the question whether the composition of the negotiating team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been determined, stated: We are finalizing.
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