{"id":134364,"date":"2021-07-04T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scfr.ir\/uncategorized\/134364\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T09:39:52","slug":"strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scfr.ir\/en\/politics\/134364\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Importance of Expanding Cooperation with Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neighboring countries have a special place in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Fifteen Neighboring countries, along with India and China, can be \u201cstrong and secure areas\u201d for the country in terms of economic prosperity, improving trade balances, developing trade, given the facilities and capacities they have in the economic, political, cultural, and other fields, attracting foreign investment as well as bypassing US and European sanctions policies. Certainly looking to the neighboring countries, and Russia and China, will be \u201cthe most important foreign policy priority\u201d.<\/p>\n

The new government will take office in less than 40 days. Although important issues are facing the new government at home, but due to the specific regional and international conditions facing the country, foreign policy and its priorities are also of fundamental importance.<\/p>\n

According to upstream documents, four groups of countries have priority in the relations and foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran:<\/p>\n

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  1. The first group includes \u201cneighbors\u201d, which comprises of a total of 15 neighboring countries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2- The second group is \u201cMuslim countries\u201d. It does not matter if this Muslim country is in the neighborhood of Iran or in other regions and continents of the world.<\/p>\n

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    1. Developing countries or the \u201cThird World\u201d are the third priority of the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s foreign relations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      4- The fourth and last priority includes countries that somehow meet one of the \u201cpolitical, economic, social or military needs\u201d of Iran.<\/p>\n

      As can be seen, according to upstream documents, neighboring countries, both Muslim and non-Muslim, should be at the forefront of Iran\u2019s foreign relations.<\/p>\n

      Although some see the development of regional cooperation as a viable alternative to protecting the country from the negative consequences of sanctions policies, this is not the whole story and is only a small part of a larger puzzle and equation. The issue of neighbors and prioritizing them should not be reduced to the issue of US sanctions. The issue is beyond that. 1- Being in a common field of civilization and religion; 2- Cultural and historical, economic and commercial commonalities; 3. Exposure to common economic, military, and security threats from foreign powers are three important propositions that necessitate \u201cdeepening of foreign relations\u201d with neighboring countries. This is especially important in the current context.<\/p>\n

      In this regard, if viewed from an economic, trade and commercial point of view, the 15 + 2, i.e. neighboring countries plus India and China, are potentially and actually a very large economic market that, if carefully planned and taken seriously, certainly unique opportunities in other fields will be presented to Iran. Of course, the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a large and powerful country, has the same mutual advantage for its neighbors.<\/p>\n

      According to the research works conducted by the Institute for Business Studies, the total annual exports and imports of Iran\u2019s 15 neighboring countries, with a population of 600 million, is about 1,200 billion dollars. Meanwhile, the share of Iranian trade in this large market is currently 30 to 40 billion dollars a year! This shows the high capacity of economic and trade cooperation between Iran and its neighbors.<\/p>\n

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      Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Today\u2019s regional and international situation and the repeated misdeeds of European countries and the US, on the one hand, and the need to maximize national interests, demand more than ever that strengthening of relations with neighboring countries in particular and the policy of looking East (Russia, China and India) in general, be on the agenda of the diplomatic apparatus in the new government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Strategic Council Online – Expansion and deepening of bilateral and multilateral relations in all dimensions with neighboring countries, in addition to India and China, is one of the important \u201cdos\u201d that will be given more serious attention in the new government.
      \nHamid Khoshayand \u2013 Analyst of international affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":134322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13268,17,12726],"tags":[12869,28824,28825,17274,25297,22602,23073,13070,33399,15775],"class_list":["post-134364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-note","category-politics","category-10-en-2","tag-china-en","tag-developing-countries","tag-field-of-civilization","tag-foreign-policy","tag-hamid-khoshayand","tag-iran","tag-national-interests","tag-russia-en","tag-33399","tag-third-world"],"yoast_head":"\nStrategic Importance of Expanding Cooperation with Neighbors - Strategic Council on Foreign Relations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scfr.ir\/en\/politics\/134364\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"AGOL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scfr.ir\\\/fa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d39f31143efe45f618d63ff00063e28e\"},\"headline\":\"Strategic Importance of Expanding Cooperation with Neighbors\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-04T13:04:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-13T09:39:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":581,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scfr.ir\\\/fa\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0631\u0627\u062a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"China\",\"Developing countries\",\"field of civilization\",\"Foreign policy\",\"Hamid Khoshayand\",\"Iran\",\"national interests\",\"Russia\",\"Sanction\",\"Third world\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Note\",\"Politics\",\"top news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/scfr.ir\\\/en\\\/politics\\\/134364\\\/strategic-importance-of-expanding-cooperation-with-neighbors\\\/\",\"name\":\"Strategic Importance of Expanding Cooperation with Neighbors - 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