During the meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, Boroujerdi referred to the age-old and good relations between Iran and Ireland and the necessity for the development of their friendly ties in all fields, and said, “The Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) supports constructive interactions and relations with other countries based on mutual respect and interests.”
He said that the Iranian and Irish parliaments can play an effective role in facilitating all-out relations between the two countries.
Ahern, for his part, underscored his country’s eagerness to consolidate ties with Iran, and said, “Helping the settlement of problems in the region, including in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, needs further cooperation and consultations between the two countries.”
Ahern arrived in Tehran on Tuesday morning to hold talks with senior Iranian officials and diplomats.
Last night, he had a meeting with Supreme Leader's top advisor for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati during which he briefed the Supreme Leader’s advisor - who was appointed to chair Iran's Strategic Studies Center after the former Head, Hassan Rouhani, was elected as Iran's president in the June, 2013 voting - on developments in Ireland, and said, “I resigned from the post of prime minister about six years ago, but ever since I have cooperated with an institute which conducts studies on crises and also the World Economic Forum in Davos.”
The senior Irish politician pointed to the settlement of Northern Ireland-UK crisis, and said, “It is about seven years now that crises stopped in Northern Ireland, and institutional cooperation started.”
Ahern underlined that Ireland-London relations have improved and the people of the two sides who were exhausted of continued crises are now experiencing new conditions.
The statements of the former Irish premier came as Iran is also experiencing some new conditions in its relations with the West after the two sides moved to stop their decades-long nuclear standoff and crisis under a groundbreaking deal with the six world powers in Geneva in November.
