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Lovemore Mataire Senior Reporter
Iranian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Mohammad Aminejad yesterday paid a courtesy call on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa Building office where they discussed several issues, including the need to have a Joint Commission meeting in Harare this year.
Mr Aminejad said there was need to strengthen the good relations existing between Tehran and Harare by increasing cooperation in the economic, political and cultural spheres.
“I was happy and grateful to be able to visit Honourable Vice President Mnangagwa,” he said. “I had the opportunity to discuss with him about our close and friendly relations between the Republic of Iran and the Republic of Zimbabwe.”
Mr Aminejad said he also discussed economic sanctions imposed on the two countries by the West and the various strategies to counter the economic embargoes through the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement, and other progressive international organisations.
“The fact that we are working with many progressive and developing countries in the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement and any other regional and inter-regional organisations means we are coordinating all our efforts,” he said.
“We are planning for our development and we are moving forward to strengthen our national economies and the fact that we are promoting our cooperation between each other is important to really pluck some contentions of imposing injustice and inhuman sanctions by some countries on others.”
Mr Aminejad said the last Iran/Zimbabwe 7th Joint Commission took place in 2012 in Tehran and culminated in the signing of two agreements in the areas of media, culture and education.
It was at that meeting that the Zimpapers Group and Iran Cultural and Press Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding expressing interests to enhance cooperation.
The two institutions agreed to share articles and editorials via email and each side would have the authority to reproduce them.
They also agreed to facilitate representatives from both sides to attend their professional media programmes.
The Iranian ambassador said plans were underway to have the 8th Joint Commission in Harare, which will focus on technology, oil, mining and agriculture.
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