IRAN IS READY TO DEVELOP COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA IN CONSTRUCTION AND MINING SPHERES
arminfo
2008-06-18 17:08:00
Iran is ready to develop cooperation with Armenia in the construction
and mining spheres, Leader of the Yazd Chamber of Commerce, Industries
and Mines Seyed Ahmad Akhavan told journalists in Yerevan, Wednesday.
He said that both countries have a great potential in these
fields. Seyed Ahmad Akhavan said that this is the first familiarization
visit of an Iranian delegation to Armenia, and there are no specific
proposals yet. Yazd is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. According to
the 1996 census, Yazd province had a population of about 750.760. In
2006 Yazd had an estimated population of 1,033,291. There are ten
towns in the province, 10 of them being industrial ones. Textile,
chemical, construction and mining spheres are the most developed
spheres. Seyed Ahmad Akhavan pointed out that export of Iranian
commodities to Armenia in 2007 totalled $181 mln.