Iran, Qatar ink deals as Pezeshkian visits Doha for Asian summit
Iran and Qatar on Wednesday inked six agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoU), paving the way for cooperation in various fields, including economy and culture.
The deals and MoUs were signed in a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha, by the Iranian ministers of energy, foreign affairs, and sport and youth with their Qatari counterparts, IRNA reported.
They covered such areas as collaboration on the development of Iran’s Bandar-e Dayyer on the Persian Gulf coast, bilateral trade, cooperation in the health and welfare sectors as well as a joint cultural cooperation program by the end of March 2027 and a sports cooperation scheme that will go on until 2026.
The deals were clinched shortly after President Masoud Pezeshkian’s arrival in Doha, where he was welcomed by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Pezeshkian is visiting Qatar for bilateral talks with the Emir and to attend the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit today.
Immediately after the welcome ceremony, high-level delegations from both countries held bilateral talks, followed by a private meeting between the two leaders.
The ACD is an intergovernmental organization created on June 18, 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among different regional organizations such as the ASEAN, the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the SAARC. It is the first international organization to cover the whole of Asia.