New Hungarian, Dutch, Irish envoys to Iran submit credentials

The new ambassadors of three European countries have submitted their credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The ambassadors of Hungary, Ireland and the Netherlands handed over their credentials in separate meetings with Iran’s diplomacy chief on Saturday.

In his meeting with new Hungarian ambassador to Tehran Yanosh Kwach, the Iranian foreign minister said the fact that the European diplomat knows the Persian language can help lay the groundwork for closer ties within the framework of mutual interests.

Kwach, in turn, expressed hope that new agreements would be clinched between Tehran and Budapest during his tenure, and that the two countries would broaden mutual cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, tourism and culture.

In a separate meeting with new Dutch ambassador Susana Trastal, Zarif said Tehran-Amsterdam cooperation has followed a “good trend.”

“We believe that within the framework of the outcome of the Vienna agreement [signed between Iran and the P5+1 group on Tehran’s nuclear program], new broader opportunities and prospects have opened up before the two countries,” Zarif said.

“By identifying the potential [that both countries have] especially in the fields of economy, the environment and agriculture, we can take giant steps toward [serving] mutual interests,” the top Iranian diplomat underlined.

The Netherlands's envoy, in turn, touched upon her government’s willingness to further expand relations with Iran.

Holland is determined to leave behind the past state of mutual relations and enter a new phase of reciprocal ties by helping revamp the economic sectors of both countries, she noted.

Foreign Minister Zarif also sat down with Ireland’s new non-resident ambassador to Tehran Bernard Ward.

In the meeting, Iran’s diplomacy chief referred to the new developments in light of the Vienna agreement, dubbed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying the two countries can ramp up mutual cooperation.

“We can increase mutual consultations and dialog in the political domain at the regional and international level, and further develop potentialities [of both countries] and bilateral cooperation in order to boost economic and parliamentary collaboration and further activate the private trade sectors,” said Zarif.

The Irish diplomat, for his part, expressed hope the two sides will take new steps to open up fresh opportunities for mutual cooperation following the implementation of the Vienna agreement.

On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 countries – the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – finalized the text of the nuclear agreement in Vienna.

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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