Polish Foreign Minister signs a document on cooperation with his Iranian counterpart

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Zarif arrived in Poland on Sunday to meet his Polish counterpart Witold Waszczykowski and take part in a Polish-Iranian economic forum. It is one of Zarif's first foreign trips since January's lifting of economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Foreign Ministers have discussed bilateral relations as well as the situation in the Middle East. The main focus of the Iranian foreign minister’s visit was economics. Mohammed Zarif also had a meeting with Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and Culture Minister Piotr Glinski. Both sides signed a document on forging political, economic and cultural cooperation. “We are counting mainly on the further development of relations between the two countries, which are already good. We are convinced that - in connection to the crises in the Middle East - our consultations and contacts will be very important,” Iran's ambassador to Poland, Ramin Mehman Parast, told Polish Radio. Polish-Iranian trade was worth around $70 million annually in recent years.