Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.10/ Trend F.Karimov/
The foreign diplomacy of Iran as flaws, Iranian principlist presidential candidate Ali-Akbar Velayati said, the Tasnim News agency reported.
"I have the power to restore foreign relations. I will benefit from all the existing capacities in scientific and technological and well as economic fields," he noted.
Velayati added that Iran plays a key role in regional development and I will move towards amending ties with the neighboring countries.
"A majority of our problems is due to mismanagement and improper policies in foreign relations. We are able to resolve the nuclear issue and regain the country's high status in the international arena," he underscored.
The former Iranian foreign minister also expressed regret that the country did not have good relations with its neighbors and said that the foreign policy apparatus should take steps to improve that.
The principlist candidate, who is the senior foreign policy advisor of the Supreme Leader, said that the Islamic Republic had great potential to improve its diplomatic relations with other countries, adding, "Unfortunately, it has not been utilized properly."
Velayati previously promised free healthcare, if he becomes Iran's next president.
Velayati is a member of the Principlist Coalition of Three, along with Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and MP Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel.
Secretary of Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili, former Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Velayati, lawmaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, President of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Hassan Rohani, former First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref, and former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi compete in the presidential election which will be held on June 14, 2013.
The voters will choose the successor of the current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is not able to participate in the elections for the third term according to the country's constitutional laws.