Afghan News Agency (AVA): Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized the importance of paying attention to the mechanisms of bilateral and multilateral cooperation to deepen cooperation and stated that the nations of the region are brothers with each other and consensus is necessary in a joint press meeting with the Emir of Qatar on Wednesday evening. and strengthen empathy among themselves. If we are united and coherent, the Zionist regime will not dare to engage in such crimes and killings.

 

Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian described the relations between the two countries as privileged and expanding and added: In the course of understandings and agreements between the two countries, the plan to build a communication tunnel between the two countries, which is in the study phase, is very interesting and important, we hope In this period, with continuous participation and cooperation, let's implement it.

 

The President of Iran continued by stating that the realization of the plan of the Union of Islamic States will create many fields and opportunities for the exchange of capacities in the economic, political, cultural and scientific sectors between the two countries, adding: In this regard, Qatar has very good capacities to play a role in The realization of this plan is very important.

 

Pointing out that we want to develop relations with the government of Qatar and that the two countries have a common will to strengthen cooperation with each other, Dr. Pezeshkian expressed hope that as a result of the consultations held during this trip, cooperation in various fields of science, technology, joint production, education , tourism, commercial and other fields will expand and joint investments between the economic and private sectors will create strong bonds between the two nations.

 

The President of Iran went on to say that we consider the security of the region to be our security and the security of all Muslims, and said: We are not looking for war and bloodshed in any way. Since I became president, I have announced in all my positions that we are looking for peace and tranquility. We believe that no country or region will develop through war, so we are not looking for war in any way, but it is the Zionist regime that is trying to force us to react.

 

Referring to the assassination of Martyr Haniyeh, as an official guest of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the day of his presidential inauguration, Dr. Pezeshkian noted: Western countries asked us not to react to this crime so that the ceasefire process in Gaza would come to a faster conclusion, and for the sake of peace, we And we waited for a truce, but instead of stopping their killing machine, the Zionists became even more desperate and attacked Lebanon in addition to Gaza and committed crimes that are unprecedented in history, so we had to respond to their crimes.

 

Emphasizing that if the Zionist regime makes a mistake, the Islamic Republic of Iran will give it a decisive and strong response and we adhere to this position seriously, the president of Iran said: creating insecurity and spreading the crisis is one of the evil goals of the Zionist regime in the region. We must prevent the realization of these goals. Americans and Western countries should ask their agent in the region to stop this killing and crime and not to make the region insecure, because insecurity is not in the interest of anyone and any government, not even in the interest of the European countries and America.

 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, emphasized the very good and developing relations between the two countries and said: Iran and Qatar have had very good relations with each other for a long time, and despite the improvement of the level of these relations in recent years, they are still We have not reached the desired goals between the two countries.

 

Pointing to bilateral and regional coordination and cooperation with Iran, the Emir of Qatar emphasized: We will try to reach the targeted level of interactions and exchanges between the two countries by forming joint commissions of the two countries.

 

In another part of his speech, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani also pointed to the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and Lebanon and said: The criminal act of this regime in the assassination of Martyr Haniyeh on the first day of the inauguration of your Excellency's government is a sure sign of the incendiary and purpose of this regime. It was to destroy efforts to establish peace and security in the region. We are well aware of the conspiracies of this regime and at the same time we will continue our efforts to prevent the spread of crisis and war in the region.

 

The official welcoming ceremony for Massoud Pazhashkian was held on Wednesday evening in the presence of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar. In the official welcome ceremony, after playing the national anthem and taking souvenir photos of the leaders of Iran and Qatar, the members of the high-ranking delegations of the two countries were introduced.

 

Immediately after the welcoming ceremony of the Emir of Qatar, high-ranking delegations of the two countries held bilateral talks, and then the heads of the two countries met privately.

 

Then, high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Qatar signed 6 documents and memorandums of understanding on cooperation in various economic and commercial, cultural, educational and sports sectors.

On the second day of this trip, Pezeshkian will participate and give a speech at the 19th meeting of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue Forum (ACD) and will probably have meetings with some leaders and officials of the countries participating in the forum.