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Saturday 20 September 2014 - 15:17
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Envoy: Tehran, Moscow agree to boost trade value to $15bln

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee underlined that Iran and Russia are planning to considerably increase the volume of their trade transactions by the next year.
"Tehran and Moscow have agreed to increase the volume of their trade exchanges to over $15 billion by 2015," Sanayee said, addressing a conference at Moscow Transportation University on Friday.

He noted that Tehran and Moscow share many commonalities in the region and also the international arena.

Earlier this month, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak in a meeting in Tehran signed a high-profile economic cooperation agreement.

During the meeting in the Iranian capital, Zanganeh and Novak also underlined the need for further mutual cooperation between the two countries in economic and energy fields.

Zanganeh announced that the value of trade exchanges between Tehran and Moscow stood at $5.1 billion in the last Iranian year (ended March 21, 2014), while the figure can grow ten-fold in future.

"The value of Iran-Russia trade exchanges which hit $5.1 billion last year can be increased by 10 times," Zanganeh said, addressing Iran-Russia Trade Conference in Tehran.

Addressing Iranian businessmen, Zanganeh said, "Russia is a big market with high demand and rapid economic growth for us and we have many world quality goods and services which can meet the increasing needs of that country."

Addressing the same conference, Novak underlined that his country is willing to implement joint projects and ventures with Iran and boost the two countries' trade value to $10 billion.

"We will boost the level of the two neighboring countries' trade transactions to $10 billion," Novak said.

Novak underlined that the Iranian and Russian private sectors are so interested in trade exchange that 80 Russian businessmen representing 40 companies have attended the conference, each of whom introduces a service or equipment to the Iranian companies.

He noted that the Russian companies participating in the conference are specialized in nanotechnology, electronics, nano-electronics, atomic power stations, aviation and airplane equipment.

Novak pointed to the willingness of Iran and Russia to strengthen their relations in the recent decades, and said, "Russians' partnership in the construction of Isfahan Steel Mill, power plants and Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant which started in the second half of the 20th Century indicates good cooperation between Iran and Russia."

The Russian energy minister also reminded Tehran and Moscow's similar diplomacies towards Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Caspian Sea as a launchpad for the further expansion of relations.

He also expressed Moscow's willingness to supply Iran with plane parts and equipment, and transportation, oil and gas and atomic power plants equipment.

Novak said both Iran and Russia have strong determination to implement joint projects and set up joint ventures, adding, "The two countries will hold a trade meeting in Moscow to continue their talks."

He also mentioned that Iran and Russia have intensively worked to remove obstacles such as method of payment of trade exchanges.

Iran-Russia trade currently totals $5bln a year, but economists say the two countries can multiple the volume of their trade exchanges.

By Tasnim News Agency

 

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