Iran’s President Raisi: Foreign interference no solution to regional problems

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has censured Western governments’ interference in the West Asia region, saying foreign meddling cannot be a solution to regional problems and only exacerbates them.

Raisi made the remarks at Tehran's International Mehrabad Airport after attending the 6th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana, Kazakhstan.

He underscored the "endogenous nature of security" in Asia and said the intervention of foreign countries is not the “solution to the region's problems.”

The Iranian president noted, “The interference of foreign powers in the Asia region adds to the problems and this was the main issue that we raised at the CICA summit.”

Pointing to the promotion of bilateral relations with Kazakhstan, Raisi said the Kazakh president’s visit to Iran and his mutual visit to the country along with participation at regional summits and meetings will expand the level of relations and cooperation between the two countries.

“In meetings with Kazakh officials, we set an amount of about three billion dollars for economic and commercial development, which requires that the officials and economic activists try to reach this cap,” the Iranian president said.

In his address to the CICA summit, Iran's president said the “new Asia” in the modern world requires cooperation to develop an endogenous pattern for independent states in their efforts to overcome security, economic, media and cyber challenges.

CICA is an inter-governmental forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security and stability in Asia.