BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
09/12/2008
Iran, Belarus, Underline Robust Political Cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Belarus are actively developing political cooperation, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko noted during a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Belarus Seyed Abdollah Hosseini in Minsk on Monday.
"We welcome Iran's activity in the international arena. Belarus and Iran have similar approaches to creation of the just world order on the basis of international rules," the speaker said.
The official stressed that his country doesn't see any obstacles for developing cooperation with Iran.
"Belarus sees no obstacles for deeper cooperation between our states and parliaments. By now, we have reached much in development of contacts between our parliaments and governments, but we still have much to do," he said.
He also noted that Iran and Belarus have a lot of untapped potential for cooperation in international bodies.
"We feel your support in the international arena and act in the same way," Vladimir Andreichenko underscored.
The official also noted the considerable success in the interparliamentary cooperation. The two parliaments have recently inked a cooperation agreement.
According to the speaker, Belarus fulfills the articles of the agreement with good faith.
He also noted that the Belarusian parliament has set up a group for cooperation with the Iranian Majlis (parliament).
"The Iranian-Belarusian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation operates successfully as well. For the recent years, the two countries have done a lot to boost the mutual trade. Over the ten months 2008, the trade between Iran and Belarus hit $84 million.
"The two countries are successfully carrying out such projects as oil extraction and MAZ trucks production in Iran, Samand cars production in Belarus. Iranian companies are interested in construction of hotels and residential areas in Belarus," Vladimir Andreichenko highlighted.
Meantime, he noted that political cooperation between the two countries is developing faster than the economic one.
Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, for his part, noted that political relations between Iran and Belarus are at "the highest level".
At the same time, the cultural and educational contacts lag behind the political cooperation, the diplomat added.
Admitting that "the economic ties are far from the political ones", he said, "Officials should work more seriously to fulfill the will of the two leaders of the two countries."
The Iranian ambassador assigned a great role to inter-parliamentary cooperation in the framework of the development of interstate ties between Iran and Belarus.
"In particular, new laws should remove all obstacles on the way of cooperation," he concluded.
Source:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8709190787
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