"It is appropriate for the regional states to put on their agenda a trade-oriented rather than a security-oriented approach which merely specifies the borders and increases the sensitivities; if so, all the regional states can benefit from its profits," Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Ali Reza Enayati said on Tuesday.
"If we conclude that the region needs economic growth and continue our activities based on certain patterns of economic cooperation, this approach can boost the level of interaction and cooperation among the regional states by focusing on economic and trade issues," he added.
In relevant remarks in March, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed the hope that Tehran's relations with the neighboring states, specially the Persian Gulf Arab littoral nations, would improve after the recent visits by President Hassan Rouhani to Oman and Kuwait.
"Our most important priority is our ties with neighbors, but we haven’t been able to make much success due to the Saudi regime's policies. We are after constructive relations with all neighbors, including Saudi Arabia," Zarif told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Tehran.
"Of course, after the president's visits to Oman and Kuwait and my trip to Qatar, God willing, the ground will be prepared for improving the relations," he added.
His remarks came after Spokesman of the Iranian Government Mohammad Baqer Nobakht underlined that his country is eager to further develop relations and cooperation with the Persian Gulf littoral states.
"The Kuwaiti Emir's envoy had earlier come to Iran and said that the Persian Gulf littoral states intend to improve ties with Iran, and Iran's position is also clear in this regard and we have always been interested in peace and stability (in relations) with the neighboring states," Nobakht told reporters in Tehran in the same month.
