Madrid, Feb 19, IRNA � Some countries' efforts aimed at dividing the terrorist into good and bad categories has negative aftermaths and will eventually demolish the Syrian peace process, said deputy foreign minister for EU and American affairs here on Friday.


Majid Takhte-Ravanchi who arrived in Madrid on Thursday evening made the comment in a meeting with the Spanish Foreign Minister Jos� Manuel Garc�a-Margallo, during which the two sides exchanged viewpoints on bilateral ties, regional and international developments.

Ravanchi reiterated that the two countries' relations are as deep as history, adding that the Spanish government and nation enjoy a special status in the Iranian public opinion.

He welcomed the Spanish companies' broad presence in the post JCPOA atmosphere Iran in which the presence of three Spanish ministers in Iran has marked a turning point in bilateral ties and signaled the two sides' merchants, industrialists and businesspeople positively.

The two sides meanwhile were agreed that the fields of bilateral cooperation include infrastructures, transportations especially in rail field, express trains, agriculture, mining and energy fields.

On the Syrian crisis, he referred to the ongoing human catastrophe there and expressed hope that all regional and trans-regional players involved in it will both contribute to the implementation of the ceasefire and facilitate the humanitarian contributions.

'Such an approach will pave the path for the beginning of the political talks and decision making on the future of Syria by the Syrian people themselves,' he said.

The deputy foreign minister meanwhile noted that the continuation of massacring the innocent Yemeni people is occurring amid the silence of the international society.

'The situation is very awe-inspiring there and it is a grave mistake made by certain countries that have assumed the elimination of a huge portion of the Yemeni people is possible, as that is a hallucination which will never be materialized in the real world,' he emphasized.

The Spanish top diplomat, too, in the meeting remembered the good memories of his memorable and very successful recent visit of Iran and expressed delight over Iran's investment in Spain's refinery industry section.

'The Spanish government supports the private and industrial sectors involved in that process,' he said.

Jos� Manuel Garc�a-Margallo meanwhile called the international agreement on need for forwarding humanitarian aids for the war-stricken Syrian nation and expressed hope that relying on both sides' cooperation, as well as the other regional countries' assistance peace and stability will one again return to Syria and the terrorists will be uprooted there.

He also expressed deep regret over the lingering human catastrophe in Yemen, reiterating that Madrid has done all its best through both the European and the international channels aimed at progressing with the political process in Yemen.

By IRNA