Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that the Islamic awakening that has happened in North Africa will sweep other African nations and lead them to restore their human dignity and achieve political and economic independence.

Africa is attaining a higher status in the world day by day, Salehi said on the sidelines of the 18th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Saturday.

The summit opened on January 23 and closes on January 30.

The African Union is an old union whose role in the international arena is getting more and more important, Salehi stated.

He added that African countries may have not developed in many areas but in the political area they are highly developed, and the summit held in the African Union headquarters is indicative of the fact that most African leaders attach high significance to the union.

Commenting on the importance of African nations to Iran, he said that since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has tried to expand relations with African nations.
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