📌 Tehran, IRNA — Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has referred to Iranian officials’ participation in three diplomatic events, emphasizing that active participation in international forums to elaborate the country’s positions is part of Iran’s diplomatic policy.
Answering reporters on Thursday, Baqaei said that President Masoud Pezeshkian will travel to Yerevan, Armenia, on Friday to attend the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17), adding that the president is also scheduled to hold talks with some of the participating leaders on the sidelines of the event.
Highlighting the importance of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, established in 1992 and currently comprising 196 parties, he said Iran was among the treaty’s original signatories and had played a significant role over the past three decades in developing mechanisms to protect biodiversity and the environment.
Referring to environmental damage caused by US and Israeli military aggression against Iran, particularly in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Baqaei stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran would use every opportunity to document and highlight crimes committed against the environment.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Baqaei referred to the participation of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), which is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, departed for Baku on Wednesday to attend the CICA summit, he added.
Emphasizing the importance of Iran’s active participation in international events, he said a strong presence at such meetings helps elaborate the country’s positions and enhance Iran’s role in drafting international documents and resolutions.
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson also announced that the Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Baghdad to attend the annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on October 17–18.
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