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Treaty of Amity to Help Foster ASEAN Ties

Zarif says the officials he met in Singapore see their interest in the survival of the JCPOA as well as the continuation and expansion of relations with Iran
Treaty of Amity to Help Foster ASEAN Ties
Treaty of Amity to Help Foster ASEAN Ties

Iran on Thursday signed a cooperation treaty with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described as an opportunity to work more closely with Southeast Asia. 
“Iran has had good cooperation with ASEAN nations in the past. From now an opportunity will open up for Iran to get closer to the fifth largest economic group in the world and a significant economic bloc in Southeast Asia that has had a successful record,” Zarif told IRNA after signing the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Singapore. 

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