By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Iran and Sudan signed a defence cooperation agreement at the end of a second round of negotiations between defence ministers of the two countries.
According to the Iran’s Defence Ministry on Friday, the agreement was signed by Iran’s Defence Minister General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and his Sudanese counterpart General Abdulrahim Mohammad Hussein.
In the meeting, the two sides underlined development and consolidation of defensive ties between Iran and Sudan and called it an important step toward strengthening peace, stability and security in the region and international arena.
Cooperation in the fields of technology, education, science, industry and exchange of expert delegations are among articles of the agreement as well as establishment of defence cooperation commission.
Iran’s defence minister severely criticized discriminating and unilateral behavior of the hegemonic powers concerning international and regional issues and called it the reason of insecurity and chaos in the world.
General Najjar said, “Expansion of ties with Islamic and African countries, especially brotherly and friendly country of Sudan, is on top of Iran’s foreign policy agenda.
“Iran supports independence and sovereignty of Sudan and condemns enemies interferences in domestic affairs of the country and expresses its readiness for cooperation in different fields,” he concluded.