Speaking in a meeting with Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Tehran Nikolina Konova on Monday, Selahvarzi said: “Iranian private sector is looking for ways to increase trade with other countries. Although there are many non-sanctioned areas for joint activity; we have to find new ways for financial exchanges.”

Referring to the drop in economic relations between Iran and other countries due to the imposition of sanctions in recent years, he said: “However, we believe that considering the old relationship between our countries, we can find ways to increase business exchanges in various fields, and this issue is one of the priorities of the ICCIMA in the new management term.”

Selahvarzi further stated that transportation is one of the important fields of cooperation between Iran and Bulgaria, adding: “Iran’s transportation is under the supervision of the ICCIMA, and due to membership in IRU (International Road Transport Union), we are the largest carnet customer in this organization. Therefore, we can have favorable cooperation in this field.”

While inviting the head of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce to travel to Iran at the top of a business delegation, the head of the Iran Chamber proposed holding a joint webinar with the presence of economic operators from both sides, so as to quickly provide a space for more familiarity with the investment opportunities of Iran and Bulgaria.

During the meeting, Konova also pointed out the political, economic, and cultural capacities of Iran and Bulgaria and noted that the lack of familiarity between Iranian and Bulgarian businessmen about the commercial potentials of the two countries is the most important obstacle in the way of the expansion of mutual trade.

Referring to the interest of Bulgarian businesses to cooperate with Iranian companies, she continued: “What is important in exchanging business delegations…[because] without this, only 20 percent of merchants can find their peers correctly. In this context, the role of the chambers of commerce of both sides will be very important.”

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Zlatarski met Asadi at Iran Chamber of Commerce while Head of Iran-Bulgaria Joint Commercial Committee and Head of Europe desk of ICCIMA were present.

In the meeting, Ms. Asadi said that talks with embassies and chambers of commerce of target countries for broadening economic cooperation is on the agenda of the ICCIMA and Bulgaria is one of the target countries.

She added that despite sanctions and existing problems, the relation between Tehran and Sofia has enjoyed an upward growth and in the past two years and with cooperation of the Iran-Bulgaria Joint Economic Committee and the foreign ministry, several trade delegations have been exchanged between the two states.

She noted that ICCIMA believes exchange of delegation has a brilliant role in broadening bilateral relation between Iran and Bulgaria.

Asadi further said that the 20th joint economic commission of Iran and Bulgaria will be held in Tehran this year and called on Bulgaria’s chamber of commerce to send a delegation to Tehran and in return ICCIMA can hold a webinar in collaboration with Bulgaria’s Chamber of Commerce for acquaintance of Iranian traders and companies with existing trade potentials in both countries.

She also pointed to the problems of visas and transit and also transportation in Europe and said that signing agreements on rail cooperation between the two states will be a solution for bilateral trade and in between, the role of chambers of commerce of both countries as well as the joint committee is very bold.

She termed agriculture, tourism, energy and modern irrigation methods as the prioritized fields for broadening bilateral relation.

Asadi also urged Bulgaria’s Embassy to accept the recommendation letters of ICCIMA for easing visa process for traders.

Then Zlatarski, for his part, said that last year the trade exchange between the two countries grew by 40% and there are suitable potentials for multiplying the trade volume between the two states.

He added that he was preset in the meeting for coordinating the 20th joint economic commission but due to changes of governments there was no time for reviewing the outcome of the meetings and expressed hope in the upcoming weeks and with deployment of the new government in Bulgaria it can have required readiness for holding the joint commission.

He added that in case Bulgarian companies apply for talks with their Iranian counterpart, the embassy will inform the ICCIMA and connect the both sides together for preparing the ground for travel and cooperation.

Zlatarski also announced readiness of Bulgaria for pursuing agreements on rail cooperation between the two countries and holding the 20th joint commission.

Reacting to Ms. Asadi’s proposal for introducing reputed and trustable parties by chambers of commerce for accelerating trade exchanges, the Bulgarian diplomat welcomed it and said that he as the representative of Bulgaria’s Chamber of Commerce announces the readiness for cooperation in this regard.

Meanwhile in the meeting Iranian side announced readiness of Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies for activities in Bulgaria.

The 19th joint summit of economic cooperation between Iran and Bulgaria was held in 2018. The 20th round of this summit was scheduled to be held in 2022 but it was postponed due to the domestic developments in Bulgaria.

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During his two-day visit to Kashan and meeting with Mayor of Kashan, opportunities for cooperation in various fields, including culture, tourism, trade and exchange of experience, between the municipalities of the Bulgarian city of Kazanlak and Kashan were discussed. The two sides highlighted the similarities in some traditions of Bulgaria and Iran, as well as the existing potential for closer interaction between the two cities, being well-known symbols of rose cultivation.

Ambassador Kuneva also met with Mr. Ahmad Danai Nia, Representative of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Iran, and with Mr. Seyyed Ali Dianat, Vice-president of the Kashan Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.

During her visit, Ms. Kuneva had the opportunity to visit prominent historical sights of Kashan, namely “Tepe Sialk,” “Fin Garden” and “Borujerdi House”, which represent the rich cultural heritage of this city and the surrounding areas.

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According To Iran News, Qeshm Air announced on Sunday that it will send one special flight to Bulgarian capital, Sofia on June 18 to return stranded Iranians due to coronavirus pandemic.

Following the coordination made in this regard, Qeshm Air will launch one flight on Thursday to Sofia to return Iranians who had been stranded in Bulgaria amid the deadly global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, to Tehran.

Iran has been busy negotiating and coordinating with other countries to launch extraordinary flights, in a bid to bring home its nationals who have been stuck in different parts of the world after the coronavirus lockdown.

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Musicians from Iran, Bulgaria, China, Romania, Latvia, Mongolia, Russia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine participated in the IX World Championship of Folklore which was held in three resort towns on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.

Every year, In order to promote Iranian folk music and the introduction of various Iranian national instruments as well as encouraging the young musicians and connecting them to other international artists, the “KHOSH HONAR” Music Institute sends a group of its best musicians to international festivals and competitions. Their winning at the international festivals are as follow:

First place for the Folkloric instrumental group – France: Paris – JE T’AIME 2018

GRAND PRIX for the Folkloric instrumental group – France: Paris – JE T’AIME 2018

First place (Diploma and Prize) for the Folklore instruments VII age category – Spain: Barcelona – Open Spain 2016

Second place (Diploma and Prize) for the Folklore instruments (fusion) Mixed age category – Spain: Barcelona – Open Spain 2016

Third place (Diploma and Prize) for the Folklore instruments VII age category – Spain: Barcelona – Open Spain 2016

Diploma for the Folklore instruments VII age category – Spain: Barcelona – Open Spain 2016

Award of Excellent performance – Czech Republic: Prague 2016

Winner of the gold medal and Nomination Golden “Orpheus”– Bulgaria: Nessebar– VIII World Championship of Folklore

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Deputy Head of Iran’s Chamber Hossein Salahvarzi hosted the forum where caretaker of Bulgarian Embassy  and Iran’s Ambassador to Bulgaria were present.

During the forum, both sides pointed to the long and historic relations between both states and called for barter trade and redefining new mechanisms for expanding the current bilateral relation.

Addressing the forum, Mr. Salahvarzi pointed to the joint economic cooperation of both countries in ministerial level and promising activities of the committee, adding that the relation between Iran and Bulgaria has always been in good level and economic cooperation between provinces of both countries is on the rise.

He also pointed to some agreements which signed during the joint economic commission in Sofia, adding that one of the best agreements was the cooperation between chambers of commerce of both states and it should be operational.

Salahvarzi pointed to the good capacities of both states for cooperation, adding Iran and Bulgaria can be good trade partners He admitted that problem in financial transactions, lack of data bank on trade demands of both countries, and customs issues are three major hurdles in way of boosting trade cooperation between both states.

Meanwhile Iran’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Mr. Mohammad Javad Rasooli pointed to the commonalities between both nations, adding that both countries are keen to expand their trade relation.

He added that the current trade volume of both countries stands at $100m which is falling. Adding that of course the statistics are not accurate because several Iranian goods are exported to Bulgaria with other countries’ brand like Turkey.

Rasooli noted that embassy is working to eliminate these countries which are between Iran and Bulgaria’s trade.

He added that after the U.S. pullout of the JCPOA, Bulgaria has been the only country which has held its joint economic commission with Iran.

He noted that one of the agreements in the meeting was to launch direct flight between Tehran and Sofia. Rasooli noted that one of the major achievements of the meeting was to prepare facilities for Bulgaria’s transportation system and it can facilitate the trade between both states.

Meanwhile caretaker of Bulgaria’s Embassy in Tehran Radoslav Gergov said that the embassy is working to retain good bilateral ties, adding this relation is the major engine of relation between Black Sea and Caspian Sea.

He added that Iran-Azerbaijan-Georgia and Black Sea route and Bulgaria should be revived for entering European and China’s markets.

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آدرس: ولیعصر-خیابان ‏توانیر-خیابان نظامی ‏گنجوی-جنب شهرداری ‏منطقه ۶-پ ‏‏۴۰‏

تلفن: ‏۸۸۷۷۵۶۶۲‏، ‏۸۸۷۷۵۰۳۷‏

فکس: ‏۸۸۷۷۹۶۸۰‏

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روز و ساعت کاری: یکشنبه تا پنجشنبه ۱۲- ۹‏

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Parviz Hadi bagged the second gold medal for Iran after defeating Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi 6-4 in the 125kg final match. He beat American Michael Joseph Kosoy, Chinese Zhiwei Deng, Nicholas Edward Gwiazdoski from the USA and Hungarian Daniel Ligeti.

Reza Yazdani won a bronze medal in the 97kg category by defeating Russian Igor Alekseevitch Ovsiannikov 8-4.

The UWW Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament, organized by Bulgarian Wrestling Federation, is awarding UWW Ranking Series points which in turn will determine the top four seeds at the 2019 World Championships in Kazakhstan.

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Iranian men’s volleyball team went down in straight sets (25-19, 28-26, 26-24) against host Bulgaria in the first game of the second round at 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship.

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The Iranian delegation’s visit will be concurrent with the meeting of Iran-Bulgaria Joint Economic Committee chaired by Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi which will be held in Sofia from September 17 to 21.

The delegates to be led by ICCIMA Vice Chairman Hossein Selahvarzi are active in the fields of road building and urban projects as well as technical-engineering services.

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