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Pezeshkian: No limit to expand Iran-Serbia ties
Iran ready for ‘constructive dialogue’ with Arab world
He made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić.
Referring to the fact that he had chaired Iran-Serbia parliamentary friendship group, Pezeshkian said he has a good knowledge of Serbia and expressed hope that the two countries would use their capacities for further cooperation. The Serbian president, for his part, congratulated Pezeshkian on his election as the head of Iran’s 14th government. He said relations between the two countries developed very well during the presidency of the late president Ebrahim Raisi, expressing hope that the trend would continue during Pezeshkian’s time in office. In another development, Pezeshkian assured Hamas’ Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh of Palestinians’ eventual victory in the face of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
Pezeshkian made the remarks in a message that he addressed to Haniyeh on Wednesday as means of responding to the Palestinian resistance movement leader’s earlier congratulation of his victory in Iran’s runoff presidential
vote. In recent days, many world leaders have sent messages of congratulation or called Pezeshkian to felicitate his election victory. During the phone calls, the new Iranian chief executive expressed his government’s willingness to further expand Iran’s relations with other countries.
In an opinion piece, titled “Together, for a Strong and Prosperous Region,” which was published in the London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper on Wednesday, Pezeshkian invited the regional Arab countries to engage in “constructive dialogue” and joint endeavor with Iran towards the enhancement of unity, security, and prosperity across the region.
“I am willing to address my brothers and sisters and neighbors in the region so we can take steps together down the path of constructive dialogue and enhancement of cooperation and solidarity among the regional nations and governments,” he wrote.
Pezeshkian called on all regional countries to work towards “laying the foundation of the structure of a strong region” by relaying on “the power of logic instead of the logic of power” among other things.
“I extend the hand of friendship and brotherhood to all the regional neighbors and countries towards realization of this goal,” the president-elect wrote.