Iran keen on economic interaction with Latvia
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Economy
Tehran, April 4, 2017 (Xinhua/NAN) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the Iranian and Latvia private sectors to enhance trade and economic interaction between the two countries, a report said on Tuesday.
Zarif said in a meeting with the visiting Latvian Foreign Ministry’s State Secretary, Andrejs Pildegovics, that Iran and Latvia could promote cooperation in agriculture and the transportation industry.
On his part, Pildegovics said that the businessmen of his country were eager to work in close cooperation with their Iranian partners in the transportation industry, given Iran’s strategic geographical position in the region.
In June 2016, Zarif headed a delegation of Iranian business people to Latvia where he discussed closer ties in the political, parliamentary, trade and tourism fields with senior officials of the country. (Xinhua/NAN)
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