TEHRAN -- New Iranian ambassador to Abidjan Mohammadreza Jabbari met on Monday with Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and submitted his credentials to him.

According to the Foreign Ministry's Information and Press Department, the Ivorian president said that his country attaches great importance to expansion of economic relations as well as developmental cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

At the meeting, Jabbari expressed Iran's satisfaction over restoration of peace and tranquility to the ivory coast.

The first joint conference on Iran-Africa relations which was held in Tehran last month indicated Iran's determination as well as new outlooks for expansion of ties with Africa.

Underlining expansion of economic cooperation between Tehran and Abidjan, he expressed readiness and willingness of the Iranian private as well as governmental sectors to further broaden trade exchanges between the two sides.

Ivory Coast as an Islamic state in west of Africa, with over 16 million population is rich of natural resources, said IRNA.