Iran, Britain relations must make up for past: Afkham
Iran says British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond’s recent visit to Tehran was within the framework of constructive interaction and mutual respect, saying the two countries’ future relations should compensate for the past.
“The British foreign secretary’s trip to Iran was conducted within the framework of the policy of constructive interaction and based on the important principle of mutual respect, which will constitute another chapter in the two countries’ relations,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, told IRNA on Tuesday.
Hammond arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Sunday at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation for a landmark two-day visit to formally reopen the UK embassy. It was the first visit to Iran by a British foreign secretary since 2003.
Afkham said efforts should be made to come to better and deeper understanding of Iran’s policies.
She noted that during Hammond’s stay in Tehran, Iranian and British officials discussed ways to improve mutual relations as well as regional and international crises.
The Iranian and British embassies resumed work in London and Tehran on Sunday four years after the two countries severed diplomatic ties.
The top British diplomat held a meeting with Iran's Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday. Hammond and Zarif also attended a joint press conference.
Hammond also sat down with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani among other officials.
The British foreign secretary’s visit comes soon after visits from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, and EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, after Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries reached a nuclear agreement in mid-July.
Iran and the six powers – the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany – finalized the text of the nuclear agreement called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna, Austria, on July 14.
Under the JCPOA, limits will be put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all economic and financial bans, against the Islamic Republic.
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