TEHRAN (Iran News) – Tehran, Brussels Explore Avenues for Cooperation. The Ambassador of Belgium to Tehran Gian Marco Rizzo in meeting with Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce Masoud Khansari explored ways for opening avenues for more communication between the two countries.
In the meeting, the new Belgium envoy to Tehran Rizzo said it is his first ever mission in the Middle East country and said the economic section of the embassy is trying hard to connect with Iranian economic activists for boosting business between the two countries.
Accompanied by two commercial attaches of the embassy, he pointed to the role of Tehran Chamber of Commerce in creating development in the economic and trade ties of Iran and Belgium and announced readiness of the embassy for maximum use of capacities and capabilities of Tehran Chamber in developing economic ties of Tehran and Brussels.
Then Khansari, for his part, emphasized readiness of the chamber for cooperation with the Embassy of Belgium in Tehran for easing the economic ties and opening the existing ties, and briefed the envoy of the activities and capacities of the Tehran Chamber of commerce.
He then pointed to the arbitration center of the chamber and noted that Belgian companies can use the center for arbitration in case of dispute with their Iranian counterparts, adding that the chamber has recently won the arbitration seat in the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
He then pointed to holding trade webinars with other countries during the sanctions and pandemic at the chamber and recommended to hold a trade webinar between Iran and Belgium for making acquainted the business activists of the two countries with capacities of the two countries which was welcomed by the Belgian ambassador.
In the meeting, the commercial attaches of the Belgian Embassy briefed Khansari of major programs of the embassy for developing cooperation between the companies of the two states.
