TEHRAN (Iran News) –Ambassador of Russia to Tehran during his meeting with the board of directors of Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce was urged to ease visa process for Iranian businessmen which can boost the trade between the two countries.
The meeting was aimed at raising the problems of Iranian businessmen for trade with Russia and resolving the problems and maximum use of existing capacities for improving the level of bilateral trade.
Speaking in the meeting, Hadi Tizhoush Taban, the head of Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce, underlined the need for making use of the potentials of an Iranian trade center in Astrakhan.
He said that the Iranian trade center in Astrakhan is a proper venue where Iranian and Russian businesses can establish connections.
Stressing the need for facilitating issuance of visa for Iranian businesspeople, Tizhoush Taban called for providing conditions so the businesspersons of both sides can make use of the potentials of the embassies.
Easing visa requirements and electroncization of origin certificate issuing systems were two main demands of the Iranian side.
Russian Ambassador to Iran Alexey Dedov said that his country may remove visa requirements for tourist travels by Iranians in the near future.
The Russian ambassador, for his part, said that efforts are underway to remove the obstacles on the way of trade relations between the two countries which he said require more meetings and consultations between officials from both sides.
Dedov said that his country is likely to remove visa requirements for tourist travels by Iranians in the near future.
Noting that some truck drivers criticize about the conditions surrounding some customs terminals, the ambassador proposed that Iran and Russia should have representatives in customs terminals of each other to help resolve the problems.
Meanwhile in the meeting, vice-chairman of the chamber pointed to the expanded relation between the governments of Iran and Russia and said that despite strong political relations, both sides have not used all capacities in the field of economy to balance economic relation with political relation.
Abdollah Mahaje Darabi then pointed to the interests of northern provinces of Ira for increasing trade relation with Russian cities, adding that Russian Ambassador as the representative of his country can take serious steps for improving the current level of trade and joint investment.
He added that unfortunately there are still concerns about issuing visas for Iranian traders which can be solved but its materialization needs planning.
He announced readiness of the chamber for cooperating with Russian Embassy for resolving the challenges. He reiterated that if the challenges and hurdles are removed, economic activists of both countries can continue the path of growth in trade exchanges and joint cooperation.
Meanwhile a member of the board of directors of the chamber blamed lack of enough acquaintance of economic activists and companies of the capacities of both countries is a serious challenge for boosting bilateral tie and reiterated that holding specialized exhibition is the best solution for this problem.
