The 2 presidents signed eight agreements on commerce, mining and transportation.
Tehran, Iran – Iran and Belarus have signed a cooperation roadmap doc throughout a state go to by President Alexander Lukashenko to Tehran.
Lukashenko arrived within the Iranian capital late on Sunday and was formally obtained by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday. The go to comes as the 2 international locations mark 30 years of official diplomatic relations.
The 2 presidents and their delegations held talks, on the finish of which they signed eight agreements on commerce, mining and transportation, amongst different issues.
“As we speak we achieved an settlement on a complete roadmap between Iran and Belarus,” Raisi stated throughout a joint convention with Lukashenko following the talks.
“This complete roadmap between Iran and Belarus outlines political and financial situations and encompasses all areas of curiosity between the 2 international locations.”
The Iranian president additionally declared that Tehran has made United States and Western sanctions into alternatives for itself and is able to share its experiences of coping with the sanctions with “pleasant” Belarus. Each international locations oppose “unilateralism”, Raisi stated.
Lukashenko additionally met with Iran’s Supreme Chief Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
“Nations which are sanctioned by the US should work collectively and kind a joint collective to destroy the weapon of sanctions, and we consider that is doable,” Khamenei informed Lukashenko based on his official web site.
Lukashenko, an in depth ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, stated that sanctions could possibly be was a chance, and added that he was wanting ahead to increasing financial relations with Iran. The 2 agreed to set a goal of $100m for bilateral commerce this 12 months.
“Iran and Belarus each need to see a simply, multipolar world,” Lukashenko stated. “The 2 international locations totally belief one another and their two nations additionally assist increasing relations.”
The presidents didn’t converse in the course of the convention about Russia, which each contemplate an in depth ally, particularly following the warfare in Ukraine.
Each have been focused by Western sanctions, with Tehran being blamed for sending armed drones to Russia to be used within the warfare, one thing it has denied.
Belarus has been dominated by Lukashenko for 30 years. In that point, he has been accused by human rights organizations of suppressing dissent, most just lately. sentencing an opposition chief to fifteen years in jail,
