“Mutual respect, interest is what our Foreign policy considers’
“Mutual respect and interest is what we consider in our foreign policy,” said Iran's Deputy Ambassador to the UN Mahdi Danesh-Yazdi.
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Taqrib News Agency has interviewed Deputy Ambassador to the UN Mahdi Danesh-Yazdi to discuss the reopening of the UK Embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Danesh-Yazdi was among the officials present at the Sunday ceremony to reopen the Iranian embassy in London. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond was also on hand in Iran to reopen of the UK Embassy in Tehran at about the same time.
The political analyst beckoned to some steps taken since 2 years ago for reopening the two embassies. In his line, diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic and the United Kingdom laid the way for this significant event.
“Many talks have been held thus far among the two countries’ diplomats so as to provide the ground for reopening the embassies,” pointed out Iran Deputy Ambassador to the UN noting reopening embassies can be counted as a first necessity step toward reestablishing the tie between the two countries.
In his line, Tehran and London share views about fighting "extremism, Daesh" and drug trafficking in the region. In line with his, political analysts believe, the diplomats and political officials look forward to a sustained dialogue and mutually beneficially cooperation between the UK and Iran.
Hammond arrived in Tehran on a historic visit earlier on Sunday, and went to the embassy’s premises to reopen the headquarters of the British diplomatic mission to Iran, which had been closed since November 2011.
Back then, Britain closed the embassy and withdrew its diplomatic staff after hundreds of Iranian students staged a protest outside the diplomatic premises in Tehran against the expansion of UK sanctions on Iran, pulling down the UK flag and demanding the expulsion of the British ambassador.
The resumed diplomatic relations between the two countries will now continue at the level of chargé d’affaires until the appointment of ambassadors, which is expected in the coming months.
Also on Sunday, Iranian Embassy in London was also reopened in the presence of Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi and Iran's chargé d’affaires to the UK, Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh.
