Jaberi Ansari made the remark to reporters after a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday.
He arrived in Beirut to submit President Rouhani’s message to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun. Jaberi Ansari said that one of the topics of discussion during meetings with the Lebanese officials was latest developments in Yemen as well as the efforts to settle regional crises, including the crises in Syria and Yemen.
The senior diplomat said he was in charge of dossiers of Yemen and Syria in Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Pointing to intensive efforts to solve the crisis in Yemen, Jaberi Ansari said Iran is currently engaged in intensive dialogues with the four European states and EU to pave the way for solving the Syrian crisis and start of political talks.
Reiterating that Yemeni crisis has no military solution, he hoped that the option of war would be set aside.
As to Syrian developments, he said the major steps taken under Astana Agreement is to set up a committee to write a new constitution for the country.
Efforts are underway to help repatriate Syrian refugees, he said. Ansari also said that message he conveyed to Lebanese officials during the meetings contains two major points.
First was Iran’s efforts to save the JCPOA through dialogue with partners and maintain Iran’s political and economic benefits under the deal while the second was the Iranian nation’s friendship and cooperation with Lebanon and other countries.“Region belongs to all regional nations and cooperation and positive interaction among the governments and nations is the only way for securing common interests,” he said.
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Also, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, senior assistant to Iran's foreign minister is holding talks with senior Lebanese officials in Beirut on July 16, 2018.
He made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister's senior advisor Hossein Jaberi Ansari who is currently visiting the country to submit President Hassan Rouhani’s message to President Michel Aoun.
Referring to Lebanese victories over the Zionist regime in 2000 and 2006 and triumph over Takfiri terrorism, he said that regional states should stand united against enemies.
Ansari, for his part, said that the main aim behind his visit to Lebanon is to submit President Rouhani’s message to his Lebanese counterpart.
Iran considers its joint efforts with JCPOA partners to salvage the deal and take full advantage of it as a success for all the regional and international states in the face of US policy of unilateralism.
He also presented a report on Iran’s efforts within the framework of Astana Peace Talks to solve Syrian crisis, saying that paying attention to the political and humanitarian aspects of Syrian crisis is essential.
