Rouhani Calls For Collective Efforts To Protect Regional Stability

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged all the regional countries to join collective efforts to restore peace, security and stability to the region, FNA reported.

Addressing Oman’s university students and academics in Masqat on Thursday, President Rouhani asked the regional states to consider regional security equal to their own security to reach complete development and restore security in the region.

Earlier in the day, the Iranian President met a group of the Iranian and Omani businesspersons where he said Iran offers a hand of friendship and brotherhood to all regional states.

President Rouhani arrived in the Omani capital Wednesday for a two-day official visit.

While in Masqat, President Rouhani met with senior Omani officials, including Sultan Qaboos, Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah and deputy prime minister.

The high-ranking Iranian delegation led by the president inked an agreement for cooperation with Oman in labor and energy fields.

Rouhani Describes Cordial Ties with Muslim World Iran’s Priority

Meanwhile, Rouhani underlined that establishment of friendly and close relations with Islamic countries is a foreign policy priority for Tehran.

President Rouhani made the remarks, addressing the Iranian and Omani businessmen in Masqat on Thursday.

Iran offers a hand of friendship and brotherhood to all regional states including those in the Arab Gulf, Rouhani said, stressing that friendship will benefit the entire region and the whole world as well.

Closer and more cordial relations with the Islamic world is top priority of Iran’s foreign policy, he said.

The new Iranian government is also seeking constructive interactions with nations all over the world, the Iranian President noted.

President Rouhani’s visit to Oman took place at an invitation by Omani Sultan Qaboos who was the first top foreign official who travelled to Tehran shortly after the new Iranian government took office in August, 2013.

Rouhani left Masqat Thursday for Tehran at the end a two-day visit to the Omani capital and was officially seen off by Sultan Qaboos.

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