Foreign Ministry’s representative offices inside Iran hold a two-day seminar

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a meeting of the heads of its representative offices inside the country for two days with the aim of examining the problems facing them, developing plans for strengthening the role of Iranian provinces in foreign relations and reviewing the capacities of the provinces, especially those located in the border regions, in the field of foreign trade.

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a meeting of the heads of its representative offices inside the country for two days with the aim of examining the problems facing them, developing plans for strengthening the role of Iranian provinces in foreign relations and reviewing the capacities of the provinces, especially those located in the border regions, in the field of foreign trade.

The meeting was joined by the foreign minister’s deputies and other senior directors of the foreign ministry.

Attending the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian highlighted the great significance of the activities of provincial representative offices in helping fulfill the duties of the foreign ministry all over the country, offering them the necessary recommendations.

“In order to improve foreign relations, the capacity of competent people and geniuses in each province such as scientific and academic figures, intellectuals, journalists, prominent economic and business activists should be put to use, and plans should be made for the future of provinces in terms of foreign activities by forming think tanks.” Amirabdollahian said.

He also emphasized the need to pay special attention to the border provinces, saying those provinces are expected to have the highest and strongest commercial relations with their neighboring foreign provinces. The minister called for special measures to be taken in this regard.

Among other topics that he addressed were paying special attention to free economic zones, the need for effective communication with other institutions and organizations of the provinces, attention to the result-orientedness of plans and programs, making public relations systematic, and presenting the capacities and attractions of the provinces at the international levels.

In turn, the heads of the Foreign Ministry’s representative offices elaborated on the issues, problems, opportunities and their own agendas, including preparing the infrastructure for activity in some provinces and coordination among various sectors to facilitate affairs.