The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla met and held talks with Iranian president Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on the sidelines of the 2nd Iran-Africa International Summit held in Tehran on Friday.

In this meeting, the president called the development of relations with the African continent one of the priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Stating that the Islamic Republic of Iran pursues the mutual interests of the Iranian nation and the African nations in interacting with African countries, he emphasized the need to speed up the establishment of mechanisms to strengthen relations between Iran and Burkina Faso, including the activation of the joint commission of the two countries.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to cooperate, interact and exchange its capabilities with African countries, including Burkina Faso, he said, adding that the development of these relations will benefit the nations of the two countries.

The prime minister of Burkina Faso, for his part, referred to the Western media’s attempt to present a false and distorted image of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Contrary to Western propaganda, Iran is an independent, developing and advanced country, which relies on the attractiveness of this country to develop and strengthen relations with it in all fields, he said.

The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso also emphasized his country’s interest in expanding cooperation and interaction with the Islamic Republic of Iran in communications, mining, agriculture, animal husbandry, transportation, scientific and cultural, knowledge-based, and energy fields.

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