Iran Press/Iran news: Receiving his Zimbabwean counterpart Constantino Chiwenga in Tehran on Saturday, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber said that two countries should conduct economic interactions with their national currencies, and there is no need for the currency of a third country, which is the common enemy of both nations.
In this vein, Mokhber told his African counterpart, that a joint comprehensive 10-year cooperation program of the two countries should be developed and the agreement signed so far should be implemented as soon as possible.
Constantino Chiwenga, for his part, said that Iran-Zimbabwe relations have been developing since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, and despite the geographical distance between the two, the many common goals between the two countries against the domination system.
The Zimbabwean official condemned the Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate building in Damascus and said the extensive sanctions of the West are aimed at destroying the independence of Iran and Zimbabwe, however, the two countries can neutralize the sanctions by deepening their relations.
The Zimbabwean Veep also stressed the implementation of the 12 cooperation agreements signed between the two countries in the Raisi administration term and called for benefitting from Iran's capacities in mining, energy, health, medicine, agriculture, modern irrigation, and food security fields.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second edition of the Iran-Africa International Meeting in Tehran with the participation of top officials, including the finance ministers, from more than 30 African countries. 219
