Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragut gave a speech at the opening ceremony of the conference on Iran and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held in Tehran.
“In the past two years, our region and the world have witnessed major challenges, with the support of several world powers, including unprecedented, blatant and explicit violations and the UN Charter by the Zionist regime,” Araguchi said at the summit.
The Foreign Minister said, “Today, the world is facing an unlimited, single faction. This worrying trend makes international order more vulnerable and the stability and maintenance of regional and global peace and security are facing serious challenges.”
“On the other hand, this situation has doubled the importance and strengthening of existing multilateral mechanisms and the creation of multilateral cooperation coalitions and organizations,” Araghchi said.
Multilateral forms of cooperation and synergy between developing countries are no longer an option, but Iran’s top diplomats emphasized.
Describing Iran as a victim of US cruel unilateralism and a dangerous adventure for a Zionist regime, he reminded me that Iran does not ignore its duties and responsibilities as an active, serious and influential actor in the fields of multilateral and regional economic and development.
He went on to say, “Eco-organizations could be a successful model of multilateral economic cooperation between neighboring countries.”
“Member countries now recognize the value of eco. Such a long history of structure is an undeniable added value for all of us. What we need now is to decide to move collectively to achieve the desired eco,” he said.
Iran believes that eco can play a leading and effective role in shaping new economic architecture in the region. He has an architecture based on the principles of partnership, mutual respect and common interest.
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