Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced his country’s enthusiasm for expanding ties with all the different world states, including those in northern and central Europe, based on mutual respect, reminding that Iran favors cordial and fair ties with all countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday said that his country would open its embassy in the Gambian capital city of Banjul in the near future.

As a member of the African countries, Gambia always renders its political and spiritual supports to Iran against injustices, the country’s foreign minister Bala Garba Jahumpa said here on Sunday.