INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has received a formal invitation from South African President Matamela Ramaphosa to attend the
BRICS+ summit that will be held in Johannesburg in August.South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor broke the story in a telephone
conversation with her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Monday evening.In the phone call, Amir Abdollahian also said Tehran is
willing to hold a joint commission meeting with South Africa and is ready for a full extension of bilateral ties.The Iranian minister
further expressed happiness with setting the date for the joint economic commission meeting between the two countries.The Iranian foreign
minister stressed the readiness of Iran to establish full-fledged ties with South Africa and cited his positive discussions with Pandor on
the heels of the BRICS+ summit in Cape Town.The foreign ministers of the two nations also discussed other topics of significance to both
countries.In early June, Amir Abdollahian visited Cape Town where he held talks with counterparts including those whose countries are member
to BRICS and those aspiring to join the economic bloc.BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.Iran is among the
countries that has expressed willingness to join BRICS.On Tuesday, Iran was officially accepted as full member of the Shanghai Cooperation
prior to leaving Tehran for Canberra to start his mission in the Oceania country.Amir Abdollahian asked the ambassador to foster
communication and cooperation between the two nations.The foreign minister also gave the new representative some suggestions for adopting
successful tactics for creating a positive environment for collaboration between Tehran and Canberra in the fields of trade and politics.For
his part, Sadeqi gave Amir Abdollahian a report on the most recent state of the bilateral relationship between Iran and Australia.Sadeqi had
general in India.FM urges Iran to strengthen ties with MauritaniaAbdollahian also emphasized the necessity of deepening ties with
