President calls on development of Iran’s ties with Senegal, Ghana
President Hassan Rouhani expressed Iran’s readiness to broaden political and economic relations with Senegal and Ghana, pointing to the opportunities available for closer cooperation with the two West African nations.
According to Tasnim News Agency, the new ambassadors of Senegal and Ghana to Tehran met with the president on Wednesday to submit their credentials.
In the meetings, Rouhani hailed Senegal as a major country that could become the gateway to Iran’s relationship with other African nations.
Stressing the need for interaction between Iranian and Senegalese state-run and private sectors, he said the two countries can work closer in scientific, cultural, technological and academic fields.
In the other meeting with the incoming ambassador of Ghana, the Iranian President proposed the idea of extra-territorial cultivation, saying Tehran is eager to broaden economic and scientific cooperation with Accra.
Rouhani, who took office in August 2013, has repeatedly stressed his government’s interest in boosting relations with African states.
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