According to IRNA, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi arrived in Paris on Tuesday morning to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and hand over Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s message to him.

He met with French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian during which Araghchi stressed Iran’s unflagging stance to continue exporting crude oil under any circumstances.

President Rouhani’s special envoy to France, deputy FM Araghchi, also stressed that Iran, as a producer and exporter of oil, would not allow any disturbances in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

These negotiations, which are regularly held in Tehran and Paris every six months, serve as a mechanism ‎within which the two countries develop their bilateral relations in various political, economic and cultural ‎spheres.‎

The previous round of the bilateral talks was held in Tehran on June 20, 2018.‎