Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister Meets top Iranian diplomat
Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik Norway’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs who has traveled to Tehran at the head of a diplomatic delegation for consultations with Iranian officials met with Seyed Abbas Araghchi Iran’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday.
Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, Norway’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has traveled to Tehran at the head of a diplomatic delegation for consultations with Iranian officials, met with Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed and exchanged views on Iran-Norway bilateral relations, the ongoing war imposed by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran along with its security and economic consequences, and the latest status of the Islamabad negotiation process.
Iran’s Foreign Minister identified the U.S. side’s excessive demands and threatening, provocative rhetoric, as well as its lack of goodwill and dishonesty, as the main obstacles to a definitive end to the war and the achievement of a potential agreement.
Araghchi further emphasized: The root cause of the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is the U.S. and Zionist regime’s military aggression against Iran, followed by repeated ceasefire violations through the continued blockade of Iran’s maritime ports.
Referring to Iran’s consultations to formulate executive arrangements aimed at strengthening and facilitating safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law, Iran’s Foreign Minister added: As a coastal state of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is currently consulting and deliberating to develop regulations related to the arrangements concerning the Strait of Hormuz in line with international law.
Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister, providing a report on his meetings and talks with Iranian Foreign Ministry officials, as well as his discussions with Pakistani and Omani authorities, underscored the necessity of establishing lasting peace and stability in the region and striving to uphold international law. He also declared his country’s readiness to assist and reinforce diplomacy, as well as to consult on maritime safety and environmental protection.
Additionally, Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister held separate meetings and consultations with Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Deputy for Political Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy for Legal and International Affairs, and Saeed Khatibzadeh, Head of the Center for Political and Internatiqonal Studies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discussing matters of mutual interest at the regional and international levels, as well as certain bilateral issues.