Congratulatory Messages to Italian, Spanish PMs

President Hassan Rouhani, in separate messages, congratulated Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Italy’s Premier Giuseppe Conte on their political victories. In a message Tuesday to Sanchez, Rouhani said that “Constructive interaction and development of relations with the friendly country of Spain, as an important country in the European Union, based on mutual respect and interests, has been a priority for the Islamic Republic of Iran for decades,” Tasnim News Agency reported. In his letter to Conte, the president said expansion of bilateral relations with Rome is a priority of his administration. Relations between the two countries have been positive in recent years, he said. Rouhani expressed the hope that the “political will and serious resolve” of the two countries’ officials would contribute to the fostering of  bilateral, regional and international cooperation during Conte’s term.