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| Short Round sends message to GCC leaders |
| 2008-01-14 |
| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday sent message to leaders of the six GCC states. A foreign ministry statement said that the president's message was handed over to the GCC states' ambassadors to Tehran by Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Mohammad-Reza Baqeri on Sunday. According to the statement, in the message, President Ahmadinejad referred to his proposal forwarded to heads of the GCC in Doha which was welcomed by them. The proposal underlined the importance of continued political, security, economic and cultural cooperation between these regional states and called for continuation of such joint meetings. In the message, President Ahmadinejad also voiced Iran's readiness to materialize the proposals offered to the GCC. During the Iranian president's recent visit to Doha, ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain described the Iranian president's proposals as very "significant" and voiced their countries' determination to strengthen relations and cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran. They acknowledged that such collective cooperation will be to the benefit of all people as well as help forge regional peace and security. |
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