TEHRAN – The new British ambassador to Tehran says his country will continue to improve relationship with Iran, particularly in the areas of trade and investment.

Macaire, who is due to succeed Nicholas Hopton in May, told IRNA in an interview published on Wednesday that he is delighted to be going to Tehran as the new British ambassador.

“We’ve made a lot of progress, obviously we have diplomatic relations between our countries; we have fully functioning embassies; we have full visa services in both capitals; we have a lot of opportunities in trade and increase in contacts on the cultural, tourism and people to people level, so I think things are going well.”

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