Iran’s Zarif who was speaking among the reporters after his meeting with German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked the German government and nation for their hospitality and underlined “Tehran and Berlin enjoy long-lasting and robust relations.”
Noting that Iran as a modern country possessing high technology could be a key political, economic and trade partner for Germany in the region, Zarif underlined that “Iran and Germany hold parallel views on regional peace and security; the economic ties between the two countries would benefit all in the region and the world.”
“Both Iran and Germany consider terrorism a global threat that knows no boundaries and confronting it needs global cooperation,” said Zarif, adding, “extremism and terrorism need political resolutions; military approach could be only part of the confrontation; what we need is an inclusive approach that includes cultural, economic and social factors to help the ones who had felt deprived and isolated; on the other hand we should prevent access of the extremists to financial, military and human recourses.”
Zarif also emphasized Iran’s willingness to cooperate actively with EU and Germany on bilateral ties and regional issues particularly on crises happening in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Lebanon.
During the joint press conference held earlier, Frank-Walter Steinmeier also said that Germany is after strong ties with Iran in all political, economic, cultural and social fields.
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