TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, in a meeting with Iran Ambassador to the African country Seyed Morteza Mortazavi, called for widening mutual cooperation in the agriculture sector and asked Tehran to help Kampala with manufacturing agricultural machinery such as tractors. In the meeting held in Kampala with Mortazavi, Kadaga said that […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, in a meeting with Iran Ambassador to the African country Seyed Morteza Mortazavi, called for widening mutual cooperation in the agriculture sector and asked Tehran to help Kampala with manufacturing agricultural machinery such as tractors.
In the meeting held in Kampala with Mortazavi, Kadaga said that Uganda and Iran should put more effort in enhancing economic relations, especially agriculture, depicting the bilateral political ties as a good model, reported Fars News Agency.
She said that there are plenty of opportunities in Uganda’s agriculture sector for boosting cooperation, which includes manufacturing agricultural machinery such as tractors.
She said that such products can both modernize agriculture in her country as well as neighboring states.
For his part, the Iranian envoy pointed to the importance of cementing ties in various fields of mutual interest, noting that Iran is ready to boost parliamentary relations with Uganda.
In September, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, in a meeting with Mortazavi, voiced his country’s strong opposition to Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Tehran and added that Kampala is eyeing further expansion of ties with the Islamic Republic.
During the meeting with Mortazavi, Museveni rejected the US unilateral actions, sanction policies and imposing economic pressures against independent countries like Iran, and underlined collective cooperation for reinforcing multilateralism.
Back in October 2018, companies in Uganda signed four memoranda of understanding with Iran technology-based companies in fields like agriculture.
The signing of the MoUs took place during a conference of Iranian and Ugandan companies held in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala.
The event was attended by Ugandan Minister for Science and Technology Elioda Tumwesigye, Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari and Iran’s Ambassador Mortazavi.
- source : Iran Daily, Irannews
