MINSK, 3 November (BelTA) – Belarus and Iran need to complete all the bilateral projects, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Belarus Saeed Yari to receive his credentials at the Palace of Independence on 3 November, BelTA has learned.
“To keep developing our relations with Iran, we need to complete all the projects that have been launched,” the head of state stressed.
Saeed Yari conveyed the best regards from the Iranian authorities and wished peace and wellbeing to Belarus.
Receiving the credentials from the Iranian ambassador, Aleksandr Lukashenko said that Iran is one of Belarus' significant economic and political partners in the Middle East. “We have a great potential which, no doubt, is still largely untapped,” he said. Belarus welcomes the suspension of a number of restrictions on Iran by the UN and hopes for further constructive steps to stabilize the military and political situation in the Middle East.
