TEHRAN (Iran News) – New Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Dmitry Koltsov in meeting with Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Mine (TCCIM) Mr. Masoud Khansari explored ways for flourishing the trade between Belarus and Iran and called for removal of the obstacles.
In the meeting, Khansari pointed to the performance of former Belarus Ambassador to Tehran and wished a successful mission for Mr. Koltsov. He also expressed his satisfaction over his visit to Minsk in 2019 heading a trade delegation and said during his he had good meetings with Belarus statesmen as well as private sector activists and it was decided that more trade delegations are exchanged between the two countries and unfortunately the COVID pandemic halted all of them.
Khansari added that during the term of former Belarus Ambassador Yuri Lazarchik the relation between TCCIM and Embassy of Belarus was very good and cooperation between the two countries had increased. He expressed hope that during Mr. Koltsov’s term this tie would deepen and get closer more than ever.
He then pointed to the problems resurfaced due to the sanctions in the trade ties between Iran and Belarus and it seems it is important time for taking steps for revival of the past ties and its development. He said that he recommends chambers of commerce of both countries to have online events in order to pave proper grounds for serious development of economic relations.
Then Koltsov, for his part, hailed the performance of TCCIM in cooperation with the Embassy of Belarus and expressed his content that after serving four years as his country’s commercial attaches in Iran he has returned as the ambassador of his country. He then pointed to the high capabilities of the private sectors of both countries for cooperation and expressed hope that in the near future, the pulse of developing bilateral ties at the TCCIM would start beating.
He added that in talks with the Belarus private sector he has raised the idea of exchange of trade delegations which has been welcomed, adding that economic activists in the private sector of Belarus are keen to visit Tehran and to meet with their Iranian counterparts.
Koltsov went on to say that Embassy of Belarus is ready for any cooperation with TCCIM for easing the process for issuing the commercial visas for Iranian traders and said if TCCIM submits to the embassy the list of those Iranian traders who want to travel to Belarus, the embassy can issue visas in days for them.
He noted that many Belarus companies are keen to talk with Iranian traders for trade of goods, adding that he received three requests from Belarus companies just in the last week for the purchase of dried fruits from Iran. He added that the embassy has a large number of programs for broadening ties with Iran which will be seriously pursued this year in order that they get favorable results in 2023.
Kotsov also welcomed Khansari’s suggestion for holding a webinar, adding that this online event can be held in the upcoming weeks and before Iranian New Year begins in mid-March.
