He stressed in a joint press conference with Ahmed Attaf, his Algerian counterpart, held on Saturday in the Persian capital, that Tehran and Algeria have always had important dialogues and consultations at the highest authorities level on political issues and that it will continue to be so.

“Relations between the two countries are on the right track (…) In today’s meeting, we agreed to hold a follow-up committee of the Joint High Commission at the level of Iran’s first vice president and Algeria’s prime minister, the relevant ministries are also in charge of organizing the follow-up committee. Their meetings will be held in the capitals of the two countries in the near future,” he said.

Abdolahian announced that Persian President Ebrahim Raisi plans to attend the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries (FPEG) to be held in Algeria, an event which he said will be a good opportunity for bilateral diplomatic consultations and also with other participating members.

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