TEHRAN, March 03 (MNA) – "We approve of Algeria's regional policy that promotes peace and security," Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said Sunday in a meeting of the high-ranking delegations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Algeria.

High-ranking delegations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Algeria held a meeting in Algiers on Sunday chaired by the ​Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and the president of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

The President of Iran congratulated the Algerian government for the successful holding of the 7th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit of Heads of State and Government and pointed to the good political relations and the cultural and religious commonalities between the two countries and emphasized the further enhancing the level of economic and trade relations between the two countries.

The president considered Algeria to be a leading country in the fight against hegemony and colonialism and paid tribute to the independence martyrs of the country.

"Algeria's regional policy is aimed at promoting peace and security in the region and we regard this policy as a positive matter," Raeisi said.

He pointed to Iran's advances in technology and other economic fields and expressed hope that his trip would become a turning point in opening a new chapter for the expansion of commercial and economic cooperation between the two countries.

The Iranian President also pointed to the shared view of Iran and Algeria on various regional issues, especially the fight against terrorism, and considered the development of Tehran-Algiers relations as laying the ground for strengthening the regional and international relations between the two sides.

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