German-Iranian economic forum ends in political repartee over Israel

According to Mehdi Sepahvand, the “Trend” Agency’s Tehran-based journalist, in his report: A dispute between the head of the German delegation (Uwe Beckmeyer) and the Iranian Ambassador to Berlin/Germany (Ali Majedi) flamed during the “German-Iranian Business Forum held at the Iranian Ministry of Economy headquarters in Tehran’s downtown are on  May 3rd, 2016”

The report, according to the text published by “TREND” says:

Iran and Germany joined in Tehran in an economic forum today to discuss the ways and means of boosting ties and sign several cooperation documents, but the event at some point turned into a political repartee between officials from the two sides.

The dispute erupted when Uwe Beckmeyer, parliamentary state secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, who was leading the German delegation, said Germany’s long-term economic cooperation with Iran rests upon the “precondition” that Iran recognizes and acts in a friendly way toward Israel, Trend correspondent reported from the German-Iranian Business Forum held at the Iranian Ministry of Economy headquarters in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar May 3.

“The Palestinian right to authority is nonetheless needed to be recognized,” Beckmeyer observed, but went on to list a number of topics that he believed Iran needs to take care of if it eyes long cooperation with the European country.

“Human rights, juristic laws, the rights of minorities, and eliminating death sentences are areas in which you need to take serious and effective steps,” the German official said.

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Release Date  5 May 2016