Iran, Qatar resolved to bolster ties

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Qatari Ambassador to Iran, Ibrahim Abdulrahman al-Mighaseibn discussed ways to expand all-out relations between the two friendly nations. “As two neighboring Muslim countries, Iran and Qatar have great commonalties and many grounds for cooperation in various political and economic fields,” Zarif said during the meeting. He pointed to the great economic and trade capacities of the two countries and expressed the hope that Tehran and Doha would further improve their relations by implementing agreements already reached. The Qatari envoy, for his part, expressed his country’s determination to bolster ties with Iran in all fields. Both Iran and Qatar have recently augmented efforts to further expand ties and cooperation in all the different political, economic, defense, security and cultural fields. The two Persian Gulf littoral states recently signed several protocols to increase mutual cooperation.