Iran’s strategic policy of interacting with neighbors not temporary tactic

Ali Bagheri said: “If we hesitate to pay the price of regional interaction and convergence, the costs of disagreement and divergence will undoubtedly be imposed on everyone.”

He said the price of regional interaction and convergence will be creating and strengthening mutual political trust and strengthening economic ties.

The Iranian deputy foreign minister referred to the fact that national and regional interests overlap and has said there is no conflict between national interests and the collective interests of the countries in the region.

Bagheri noted that foreigners must not be allowed to use the pretext of conflict of national interests of regional countries as a cover to legitimize their hegemonic policies.

The high ranking diplomat went on to say that the involvement of foreigners and their military presence in the Persian Gulf will not create stability and security, and that the countries of the region can ensure stability and security through political cooperation and economic convergence.
Emphasizing Iran's regional interaction and cooperation policy, not as a "temporary tactic", but as a "strategic policy", he said that the stability of the neighborhood policy in the region is based on convergence and proximity of regional nations and resistance to foreign intervention and that these two pillars will work synergistically and will produce power coming from within the regional countries.
Bagheri added that the existing relationship between the two sides is still significantly distant from what it should be, so all capacities should be used to improve relations.
Secretary-General of the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Hassan Al- Hammadi for his part referred to the successful visit of the Iranian president to Doha and the forthcoming visit of the Emir of Qatar to Iran and the formation of a political consultation committee.

He said relations between the two countries are vast and deep adding that the Qatari government considers the development and expansion of bilateral cooperation and the holding of regional political consultations with the Islamic Republic of Iran as an added value for the realization of peace and stability in the region.
The Qatari official referred to the history of strong relations between Iran and Qatar at different popular and government levels, which dates back to before the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Al- Hammadi added that “The roots of friendly ties between the two sides are so strong that no incident in the history of relations has been able to disrupt it, and this pattern of relations can be offered among regional countries and other nations, and a few years ago, during the embargo on Qatar imposed by some countries in the region, it was the Islamic Republic of Iran that cooperated and provided sincere assistance to Qatar.”

The Secretary-general of the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the need to strengthen regional dialogue to eliminate problems and facilitate cooperation between the two sides and said that the agreements reached during the visit of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Doha are being seriously pursued by the Qatari side.
At the end of the meeting, the minutes of the first meeting of the Political Consultative Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Qatar were signed by the deputy foreign ministers of the two sides.