TEHRAN (Iran News) – First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber in a meeting with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Bakhyt Sultanov on Tuesday said that Iran was ready to expand ties with Kazakhstan by preparing an operational plan.
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Sultanov met with Mokhber on Tuesday in Tehran.
Mokhber highlighted the necessity of elevating cooperation and transactions between Iran and Kazakhstan in the fields of trade, economy, industry, agriculture and mining, calling for increased activity by joint commissions.
He also said that holding joint exhibitions would help the private sector in both countries to identify opportunities and capacities.
The first vice president also mentioned SCO, ECO and EAEU organizations and urged support for private sectors of member-states to increase trade transactions between their businesspeople and entrepreneurs.
The senior Kazakh official welcomed President Ebrahim Raisi’s foreign policy to expand ties with neighboring countries and emphasized holding joint commission meetings and specialized exhibitions.
The Kazakh deputy prime minister who is also minister of trade and integration also criticized anti-Iran sanctions.
Sultanov added that holding joint commissions between the two countries as well as holding joint specialized exhibitions is strong tool for developing relation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Kazakhstan, adding that with forming trade center and private sectors of the two countries one can expect bright future on way of expansion of bilateral cooperation.
He then pointed to the nuclear talks in Vienna with world powers and emphasized removal of sanctions against Iran.
Sultanov then pointed to the massive capacities in the regional organizations for cooperation, noting that Iran’s presence in these organizations and expansion of opportunities for cooperation is a suitable opportunity for the growth and development of regions in the region and also the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s Agriculture Minister Seyed Javad Sadatinejad as the head of Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Commission briefed Mr. Mokhber of details of the 17th session of the commission and talked on the fields for expanding cooperation between Iran and Kazakhstan.
