Sri Lanka seeks more interaction with Iran, new envoy says

Iran’s new ambassador to Sri Lanka, Hashem Ashjam Zadehsaid said on Wednesday that the South Asian country seeks increased interaction with Iran in different fields.

In a meeting with the Governor-General of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province Esmaeil Jabbarzadeh, Ashjam Zadehsaid underlined that economic and trade delegations of the province should be present in Sri Lanka’s market to identify its capacities and supply parts of its needs, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

The envoy has said that Sri Lanka is currently run by a popular government that seeks more interaction with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

East Azerbaijan Governor-General Jabbarzadeh, for his part, called for the introduction of capacities of the province to Sri Lankan business leaders and investors.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani met then-President Maithripala Sirisena in May 2018, which was considered a new chapter in bilateral ties.