Spokesman: Regional ties Iran's top priority

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says relations with Persian Gulf littoral states top the Islamic Republic's foreign policy agenda, Press TV reported.

"We seek to expand ties with countries in the region to the highest level," IRNA quoted Mehmanparast as speaking in the Kuwaiti capital of Kuwait City on Monday.

"That's why we have placed media cooperation at the top of our agenda," the Iranian spokesperson went on to say.

"The enemies seek to create rifts between the regional countries by means of Islamophobia and Iranophobia projects and the media can well identify such plots and help diffuse them by making people aware," he further explained.

Mehmanparast also pointed out that the media can help identify existing capacities in the region in order to facilitate improved cultural and ideological interactions among neighbors.

The Iranian official heads a press entourage in a three-day visit to Kuwait.

Earlier, he met with media officials in Bahrain and held discussions with local authorities over the enhancement of media ties between the two countries, the report adds.