German FM: Berlin Keen to Strengthen Friendly Relations with Tehran

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle voiced his country’s enthusiasm for increasing mutual cooperation with Iran.

Speaking at a meeting with the foreign correspondents residing in Germany in the capital city, Westerwelle called for further enhancement of mutual cooperation between the two countries.

“We call on Tehran to create an opportunity through its cooperation in order to jointly achieve real progress in this respect,” the German minister was quoted by the Islamic republic news agency as saying.

In Similar remarks last month, German Envoy to Tehran Bernd Erbel said his country should consolidate its all-out relations with Iran in a bid to avoid an undermining of its ties with Tehran by politically-tainted moves.

Addressing an international conference in Iran’s Northeastern province of Mashhad, Erbel deplored the current status in which all dimensions of cooperation with Iran are dominated by politics.

“As long as politics influences all dimensions of cooperation with Iran, we should increasingly strengthen ties with Iran in a bid to display our support for the Islamic Republic of Iran to everyone,” the German diplomat stated at the time.