Sunday, November 20, 2011

Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi - Iran Ready to Participate in Libyan Reconstruction

Danya B Mohammed
  -- Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, in a message to the head of the Libyan NTC on ...

VP: Iran Ready to Participate in Libyan Reconstruction
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, in a message to the head of the Libyan transitional government on Sunday, renewed Tehran's offer for assisting the North African state with reconstruction projects.


Rahimi sent a message on Sunday to Abdel Rahim al-Keib to felicitate him on his appointment as the head of Libya's transitional government.

He expressed the hope that the new Libyan leaders could establish the necessary political and legal institutions and bodies according to the specified deadline through their unity and solidarity.

Rahimi said that Iran is ready to provide Libya with its needed assistance and transfer its experiences to the African country.

The vice-president added that Tehran's prepared to take part in the reconstruction of Libya's infrastructures and economic facilities.

Earlier this month, Vice-Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council Abdel Hafiz Ghoga appreciated Iran for its supports and aid to his North African nation, and announced that a delegation of NTC members will visit Tehran in the near future in a bid to discuss expansion of ties and cooperation between the two Muslim states.

"We received abundant humanitarian aid from Iran and appreciate these supports and assistance," Ghoga told FNA last Monday.

He described the recent daylong visit to Tripoli by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his accompanying delegation as positive and fruitful, and said the NTC will soon reciprocate Salehi's trip by sending a delegation to Tehran in the near future.

Earlier this month, al-Keib welcomed Salehi's visit to his country, and called for the expansion of the bilateral relations between Tehran and Tripoli.

"We welcome the visit by any foreign official, including the Iranian foreign minister, to Libya," al-Keib told FNA, adding, "Naturally such trips will expand the bilateral ties (between Libya and other states)."