In
his meeting with Masahisa Sato, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and
Defense Commission of Japan’s House of Councilors, Boroujerdi pointed to
the history of relations between Iran and Japan and said, "Despite the
geographical distance, there are many commonalities between the two
countries providing grounds for the development of political, economic,
cultural, and parliamentary relations.”
He called the unbridled
growth of terrorism a threat to all countries of the world, adding they
should establish special security and intelligence cooperation with each
other, especially between Iran and Japan, to limit the financial
resources and arms of terrorist groups ending their life.
Pointing
to the crisis in Syria, Boroujerdi said false information and analyses
of some regional countries to the US and their European allies, as well
as sending and training terrorists in these countries has increased
insecurity in the region and in Syria.
He underlined the only
solution to the Syrian crisis is to hold negotiations and to allow the
Syrian people to decide for their own fate.
In another part of
his speech, Boroujerdi added many opportunities have been provided
during post-sanctions era in many industrial and economic sectors for
Iran and Japan.
Masahisa Sato, for his part, expressed
satisfaction with his visit to Iran, which he called "a stable country
in a troubled region."
"The government and parliament of Japan
highly regards interaction and cooperation with the Islamic Republic of
Iran in various political, economic and parliamentary fields,” Japanese
official underlined.
Sato regretted the crisis in the region,
especially in Syria, saying "insecurity and instability in the region
has caused a lack of investment and the displacement of hundreds of
thousands of people in Syria.”
He underlined that Japan, during the crisis in Syria, has sent humanitarian aid to the Syrian people.
Sato,
at the end, stressed the need for the exchange of experience and
security cooperation between Japan and Iran in the fight against
terrorism.