TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that his government does not seek the victory of particular political groups in the next parliamentary election, noting that the government will is making effort to provide a ground that all groups can contest the elections.

“The 11th government is not seeking the victory of a particular faction and makes effort to provide a condition for the participation of all factions, parties and groups,” Rouhani said in a cabinet meeting.
The remarks by the president came as the cabinet on Monday appointed new governors-general for the provinces of Qazvin and Semnan.
The parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections will be held simultaneously on February 26, 2016.
Analysts have predicted that moderate figures close to the government are expected to win the majority of the seats in the next parliament.
Rouhani has called his administration one of “prudence and hope”. The president’s ministers are from moderate figures from both principlist and reformist camps.

‘Government seeks good relations with outside world’

Rouhani also told the cabinet that his government’s policy is based on “interaction” and “good relations” with other countries.
For the country to progress in is necessary to have “constructive interaction” with the world, Rouhani noted.
However this does not mean that there is no problem with any country, he added.
Elsewhere, he said that it is essential that private sector be actively involved in business activities in order to solve the existing economic problems. He also said foreign investment is needed to flourish the economy.

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