Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said his country works to devote cooperation with neighbouring countries in the first place and  other countries in the field of defense and exchange of expertise. Pointing to the new government\'s programmes for the development of defence diplomacy, Dehqan expressed his belief that in coordination with the programmes that will be adopted by the government, the defensive diplomacy, could settle a significant part of  the  international issues.