Mir Masoud Hosseinian elaborated on the recent trip of Seyed Abbas Araghchi to Tunisia. He said that Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Tunisia at the head of a delegation last Wednesday and was welcomed by his Tunisian counterpart, despite the fact that the time of his arrival was late.
The next morning, Araghchi met with Tunisian President Kais Saied. “Their meeting lasted an hour and a half,” he said.
A president familiar with Iran’s history
Hosseinian said that the Tunisian president, as a university professor teaching history, was very familiar with Iran’s history and its recent developments. “He talked about Iran’s history and related issues with Iran’s foreign minister and brought the two sides’ approaches closer through his discussions. They went on to discuss mutual consular issues as well as recent regional and Islamic world developments.”
The Iranian diplomat pointed to advances in different fields, including diplomacy, education and health, over the past two decades, and said that during the past two years, four Tunisian ministers in different fields of work had traveled to Iran, and some delegations had also traveled to Tunisia.
An increase in contacts and consultations between the two countries at different levels was emphasized in the meeting between Minister Araghchi and the Tunisian president.
U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran condemned
Hosseinian said that the Tunisian president condemned Israel’s and the U.S.’s attacks on Iran in the strongest terms during his meeting with Iran’s foreign minister. The two sides also discussed the issue of Gaza and Palestine.
“The Tunisian president described normalization of ties between Israel and Arab nations as a major act of disloyalty and emphasized that an independent Palestinian nation must be established on Palestinian territory with Beitul Moqaddas as its capital city,” said Hosseinian.
Emphasis on launching permanent flights between the two nations
Hosseinian said that Iran’s foreign minister met with Tunisian foreign minister Mohamed Ali Nafti, and the two senior officials held broad discussions on different issues.
Over the past two months, direct charter flights between Iran and Tunisia have been operating on Sundays and Wednesdays. “During this period, given the 15-day visa waiver, about 1,000 Iranians traveled to Tunisia as part of tour groups,” said Hosseinian, adding that in the meeting between the Iranian and Tunisian foreign ministers, it was decided that direct permanent flights would be launched between the two countries.
Hosseinian said that diplomatic relations between the two countries are currently at a good level, but economic interactions are not in a proper situation because businesspeople are not familiar with each other’s potential and the two nations are geographically distant.
The official said that Tunisia is among the top countries in the world in terms of producing dates and olive oil, and cooperation can develop in this field.
Joint economic commission to be held after years
Iran’s ambassador to Tunisia said that “a joint economic commission was planned to be held between the two countries in Tehran.” Hosseinian said that the two sides emphasized that cooperation between the two countries needs to increase in tourism.
Israel’s attack on Qatar condemned
Iran’s ambassador to Tunisia said that “the foreign ministers of the two countries condemned Israel’s attack on Qatar and emphasized that no country in the region is safe from Israel’s plots.”
“Minister Araghchi also spoke about Iran’s recent agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency with his Tunisian counterpart,” Hosseinian said.
Iran’s delegation also visited Al-Zaytuna Mosque in Tunisia on the birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad.——–
