Zimbabwe calls for increased defense cooperation with Iran

TEHRAN, March 12 (MNA) – The Zimbabwean defense minister called for the expansion of defense cooperation between his country and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa made the request during a meeting with Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi in Tehran on Sunday. Mnangagwa, who came to Iran at the invitation of Vahidi, hailed the Iranian people’s revolutionary spirit and their great achievements in various fields, saying that Iran is a power which determinedly defends its territorial integrity and national interests. Harare is keen to increase relations with Tehran in all areas, particularly in the area of defense, he stated. Elsewhere in his remarks, the Zimbabwean defense minister commented on the plots hatched against and the sanctions imposed on his country, saying Zimbabwe’s revolutionary people and its army have circumvented the sanctions and defended their independence through resistance.