(IRNA) - New Zealand's Deputy Foreign Minister Allen Williams conferred here Wednesday with Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on issues of mutual interests.
At the meeting, Mottaki expressed satisfaction with the current level of political ties and expressed hope for further expansion of political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries, reports Trend.
He also reaffirmed Iran's stands on regional, international developments as of nuclear and human rights issues.
New Zealand official, for his part, underlined that it is the legitimate rights of all countries who are abide by NPT additional protocol, such as the Islamic Republic of Iran, to benefit from peaceful nuclear technology and underlined that negotiations would be the best and logical way to resolve this issue.
Williams is in Tehran to participate in the second meeting of Iran-New Zealand Consultation Committee.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding to form the committee in 2004, and its first meeting was held in Wellington in 2005.