Speaking to IRNA, Iran's Ambassador to Singapore Javad Ansari said the visit is aimed at fostering all-out mutual relations.
This is the third visit by an Iranian delegation at the ministerial level to Singapore in the past three months, said the ambassador.
Ansari underscored that Rabiei, heading a high-ranking delegation, would travel to Singapore on Wednesday (May 18) for a three-day visit which is to take place upon an official invitation by his Singaporean counterpart S. Iswaran.
While in Singapore, Rabiei is scheduled to hold talks with several high-ranking Singaporean ministers as well as the country's state and private sectors officials on reinforcing mutual cooperation.
The diplomat further added a memorandum of understanding (MoU) is to be inked, during the Iranian minister's visit, for promoting bilateral trade and petrochemical cooperation between the two countries.
'Following the removal of sanctions against Iran, the Singaporean government announced there is no limitation for expansion of trade cooperation with Iran,' he said.
Anti-Iran sanctions were lifted on January 16 following the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which was made between Iran and the world six major powers on July 14, 2015.
Touching upon the two countries relations in oil, gas and petrochemical sectors, the Iranian diplomat said Iran and Singapore share a strong will for enhancing mutual cooperation in those fields.
Pointing to high-capacities of Singapore's power plants, Ansari said thanks to removal of the anti-Iran sanctions, Tehran is ready to supply more oil for the Asian country.
Iran-Singapore trade volume was over than 5.5 million dollars in 2011. The figure decreased to 2.1 million dollars in 2012 due the unilateral sanctions of Western countries against Iran.
After removal of the sanctions in the post-JCPOA era, officials of both countries are trying to increase trade volume between the two nations.
By IRNA
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