Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a meeting with Qatari Deputy Foreign Minister for Regional Affairs Mohammad bin Abdul Aziz al-Khalifi on Wednesday stressed the Islamic Republic of Iran's determination to develop relations with Qatar.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry’s delegation headed by the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Regional Affairs Mohammad bin Abdul Aziz al-Khalifi on Wednesday afternoon met with Iran’s top diplomat Hossein Amirabdollahian.

They held talks over bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest as well as ways of expanding relations between Tehran and Doha in the issues of mutual interests.

Amirabdollahian underlined the necessity of implementing agreements signed by Iran and Qatar during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Doha and also during the Qatari emir’s visit to Tehran.

Amirabdollahian stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation among regional countries within the framework of common interests.

Al-Khalifi, for his part, calling for the importance of developing bilateral ties, emphasized the importance of promoting cooperation at the regional level.

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