Iran Pursuing Development of Economic Ties with North Africa
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 6th session of Coordinating Headquarters of Foreign Economic Relations was held at the venue of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a focus on “Compiling the Solutions for the Development of Trade-Economic Relations with the North African Countries”.
Chaired by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari, the meeting was attended by the deputies and managers of executive organizations as members of the headquarters.
In this meeting, Safari pointed to the special emphasis laid by President Ebrahim Raisi on adopting a privileged approach in boosting cooperation with the African states and emphasized the need for cooperation of all concerned organizations and the private sector to take maximum advantage of the capacity of promotion of trade and economic cooperation with the African continent, especially North Africa in various fields of industries and mines, livestock and fisheries, energy, agriculture, developing sea and air transportation lines, focusing on the development of health tourism and exporting technical and engineering services.
Safari referred to the rivals in the region and called for accelerating the implementation of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at developing ties with countries in the African Continent.
Director General of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for West Asian and North African Affairs Mehdi Shoushtari was the next speaker who submitted a comprehensive report on the latest situation of political and trade relations with the North African states and expressed hope that activation of these commissions would expand bilateral economic ties with countries of the region.