President Tebboune, Iranian counterpart give agreement in principle to exchange visits in future
BY: Hana Saada
ALGIERS- President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune received, on Sunday, a phone call from the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Ebrahim Raïssi, who extended his best wishes and those of the Iranian people on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, said the Presidency of the Republic in a statement.
“President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune received, today, a phone call from the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Ebrahim Raïssi who extended his best wishes and those of the Iranian people on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan,” the statement read.
In turn, President Tebboune “addressed his best wishes to the Iranian President and people”, the same source specified, indicating that the two Presidents “reviewed the state of bilateral relations, and agreed to promote and strengthen them in the political and economic fields in the best interests of the two peoples”.
Raeisi expressed his satisfaction with the growing relations between the two countries and voiced hope that the cooperation between Tehran and Algiers, especially in the economic and trade fields, will expand and enhance as time passes.
They further emphasized the need to take practical steps based on the roadmap for the development of bilateral cooperation.
The two parties also referred to “the current situation in the occupied State of Palestine which is witnessing abuses and attacks, particularly in the West Bank, and the desecration of the Al Aqsa mosque, termed as a flagrant provocation against one and a half billion Muslims in this holy month”.
In this vein, the Iranian president said, “Today, more than ever, the necessity of cooperation and forming a united front comprised of Islamic countries against the Zionist regime and in firm support of the Palestinian nation is urgent.”
Tebboune , on his part, said: “The oppressed people of Palestine are suffering from the atrocities at the hands of the Zionist regime during the month of Ramadan, which is the month of piety and worship, and I hope that with the cooperation of Islamic countries, the Palestinian people will be emancipated from being under the oppression of the Zionists.”
“On another level, the two presidents have also given their agreement in principle to exchange visits in the future,” the statement concluded.
On Thursday, President Tebboune received the credentials of the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Algeria, Mohammad Reza Babai Siahkel. The freshly-appointed Ambassador affirmed the will of his country to further strengthen and promote the relations of cooperation with Algeria on all levels.
“I reiterate to the President of the Republic the will and interest of the leaders and officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran to work for the strengthening and development of relations and cooperation between the two sisterly countries”, indicated the Iranian ambassador in a declaration to the press at the end of the ceremony of presentation of credentials to the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
In this wake, he said he affirmed to President Tebboune “his attachment to making a huge effort to achieve this noble objective”.
“The audience with President Tebboune made it possible to review bilateral relations”, he added. “I perceived in the President of the Republic a great interest in the development of bilateral relations and the expansion of cooperation between the two sisterly countries at all levels”, underlined the Iranian diplomat.
The ceremony of presentation of credentials took place in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community abroad, Ahmed Attaf and the director of cabinet at the Presidency of the Republic, Mohamed-Nadir Larbaoui.
On March 21, the newly-appointed Iranian ambassador, replacing Mr. Hussein Masha’alchi, presented a copy of his credentials to Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ataf. The new ambassador had met with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian before leaving for Algeria to assume his duties.
In the meeting, the Iranian foreign minister referred to the good political relations between Iran and Algeria over the past years, stressing the need to make more efforts to strengthen and expand bilateral relations.
Amir Abdollahian also expressed his satisfaction with the high level of political relations between the two countries and stressed the need to use the capabilities of the two countries to expand economic and commercial cooperation between them, especially in the field of the knowledge-based economy and the export of technical and engineering services.
