President: Iran seeks diplomacy from West to East
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his administration seeks to pursue political and economic diplomacy with the world from the West to the East, from New York to Samarkand.
“As promised, we will interact with the East and the West based on national interests,” Pezeshkian said in a post on his X account on Thursday.
Pezeshkian, who was in the United States to take part in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, added that in line with such a policy and simultaneous with his meetings and those of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in New York, negotiations were underway in Uzbekistan between Iran’s economy minister and authorities from Asian countries.
He noted that Iran’s Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref will also travel to Pakistan and Armenia in the coming days as part of that policy, and expressed hope that the visits will have results that will benefit the Iranian people’s livelihood.
During his three-day stay in New York, the Iranian president delivered two separate speeches to the annual session of the General Assembly and the session on “Strengthening the United Nations Goals” and held meetings with authorities from more than 15 countries and several other groups.
During the meetings, he repeatedly emphasized Iran’s readiness to open new chapter in relations with countries.
Iran’s prosperity
In meeting with Iranian nationals living in the US, Pezeshkian said he will spare no effort to bring prosperity for the country
The president said his goal is to make Iranians live with dignity inside and outside the country.
He said that he will try to get help from all the elites and competent people on the path of building Iran.
“If there was no love for the country, we would have entrusted the presidency to others who are interested in it”, the president said.
Pezeshkian did not deny problems facing Iranians in the country but said how the Western media portray Iran is inaccurate and false and the reality in the country is far from what the Western media show.
Pezeshkian was elected as Iran’s president in July runoff election, beating his conservative rival Saeed Jalili.
The election was called after Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in May, in which seven others also died.