Oveisi made the remarks in his address to Iran-Belarus Business Forum held in Minsk, Belarus capital, on Wednesday afternoon.

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Oveisi stressed that the Iranian and Belarus presidents have already backed expansion of economic ties between the two countries.

Chairman of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Massoud Khansari, who was also present in the Forum meeting, said the two countries should make use of the existing capacities to upgrade the level of economic cooperation.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Belarus Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Ulakhovich called for making much more efforts to augment Tehran-Minsk trade to one billion dollars.

Iran-Belarus Business Forum was held in Minsk in presence of ambassadors of the two countries, officials at chambers of commerce and businessmen to review ways to widen economic cooperation.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, Iran-Belarus Business Forum with participation of the ambassadors of the two countries, government officials and businessmen was held in Minsk.

The event was organized by Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) in association with the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.

Speaking about the development of bilateral political and economic relations between Iran and Belarus and the explicit support of the two countries’ presidents of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, Oveysi emphasized the need to enhance relations between private sectors of the two countries and the readiness of the Embassy of Iran in Belarus to provide necessary assistance and support.

In turn, the head of Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce noted the possibility of getting access to the market of Iran’s neighboring countries with total population of 400 million people. “The level of trade has yet to be compatible with the level of good political relations between the two countries and with the capacities of Iran,” said Khansari.

Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vladimir Ulakhovich called for more efforts to reach a milestone of $1 billion trade turnover to be taken following the talks between senior officials of the two countries.

At the end of the conference, businessmen from both countries discussed bilateral and multilateral cooperation strategies.