Active presence in int’l organizations proves failure of bids to isolate Iran, says Amirabdollahian 

Tehran – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran’s active presence in international organizations manifests the failure of attempts to isolate the Islamic Republic in the world.

 “Iran’s active presence in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in the Eurasian Economic Union, and recently in BRICS, shows the global policy of isolating Iran has failed,” Amirabdollahian said in an interview published on Tuesday.

 “We strongly oppose unilateralism, and at the same time, make the most out of the existing opportunities within the framework of multilateralism,” he said. “Moreover, Iran enjoys a principal status in the region geopolitically, geo-economically, and geo-strategically,” he said.

The foreign minister further said that Iran lies on the major transit route linking the North to the South, and the East to the West, adding that other parties can benefit from developing their relations with Iran given the country’s advantages and facilities.

Last week, Amirabdollahian made a two-day visit to Cape Town, South Africa, to attend a foreign ministers’ meeting of BRICS group of emerging economies as well as a “Friends of BRICS” meeting.

Source: IRNA

Nada Haj Khidr