News in Brief
Iran FM to attend meet in South Africa
ISNA – Iran and South Africa are set to hold a joint economic commission meeting on Thursday after a three-year break, said Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian before leaving Tehran for Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital, on Wednesday.
The meeting aims to enhance cooperation between the two countries and explore new avenues for bilateral trade.
Amir-Abdollahian added that a delegation representing more than a dozen Iranian ministries as well as the private sector has already arrived in South Africa on Monday to hold preliminary meetings with South African officials.
The top diplomat said the Iranian delegation is “preparing the prerequisites for the [Iranian] president’s upcoming visit to this
country”.
US after turning Afghanistan into crisis center
IRNA – Iranian President’s Special Representative in Afghanistan’s Affairs Hassan Kazemi Qomi said the United States is trying to turn Afghanistan into a center of crisis for its neighbors.
The continuation of instability in Afghanistan is of great importance for the United States. This is while, the regional countries want establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan, he said.
Kazemi Qomi noted that developments in Afghanistan have its effects on the security of the country’s neighbors, especially Iran and Pakistan.
UK envoy summoned over ‘undiplomatic’ remarks
TASNIM – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the UK Ambassador in Tehran Simon Shercliff to protest the British diplomat’s “meddlesome” remarks on social media on August 8 – the day which Iran marked the National Journalists Day.
The ministry said “irresponsible and undiplomatic” remarks by the British envoy are unacceptable and a clear example of interference in internal affairs of another country.