Speaking in the meeting of Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce in Tehran, Gholam-Hossein Shafei said that the chamber expects Italian government and embassy to become more active and impressive than before and to boost its cooperation with Iranian counterpart in order that the ground for more economic cooperation is paved.
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He added that Iran and Italy have good economic and political relations and emphasized that expansion of economic ties would strengthen political ties, too.
He pointed to the statistics and added the figures show that the number of dispatched delegations between both countries is good and it is an indication to the special relation of both states.
Shafei also underscored efforts of the governments to confront restrictions from the sanctions, adding that in this condition, the chamber expects Italian government and embassy to take more steps for having positive impact on the joint co-operations and resolving the problems.
Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone, for his part, said the ground is expanded for cooperation between Italian and Iranian companies.
The ambassador said that the activities of the joint chamber in fact show that there is high interest for cooperation between the two countries and based on the available data, Italy is one of the major trade partners of Iran.
Expressing his satisfaction over the eagerness of Iranian and Italian private sectors for cooperation, the envoy said Italian embassy is ready for offering any kind of cooperation in this due.
“We are in a special condition created as the result of sanctions pressure on both sides and under the current condition Iranian and Italian governments and private sectors have a double responsibility to remove the barriers”, he stressed.
Ahmad Pour-Fallah, the chairman of Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce, for his part, expounded upon the activities of the chamber over the past year and said that the number of chamber members has increased in the past year.
- source : Iran news
