Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs, made the remark on the sidelines of a meeting with visiting President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher in Tehran on Sunday.
Velayati said the maintenance of territorial integrity of the regional countries was discussed at the meeting.
"We believe that the weakening of regional states could result in the infiltration of terrorism into these countries.”
The two also emphasized that terrorism must be fought at both regional and international levels.
Iran and France share common viewpoints on battling terrorism and extremist activities of Takfiri groups, including Daesh, which is committing crimes in the region, Velyati said.
Touching upon the Syrian crisis, the Iranian official said that Tehran and Paris are in agreement on Syria’s issues as well as countering terrorism, adding they dismiss any military solution to the conflict in the Arab country.
