IRAN-ARMENIA TRADE CENTER PLANNED

ARKA
Feb 9, 2010

Tehran, Feb 9, IRNA – The establishment of Iran-Armenia trade center
will pave the way for exchange of goods and services between both
countries.

Announcing this, deputy minister of commerce, Babak Afqahi told
the International Conference to Introduce Trade and Investment
Opportunities in Armenia Tuesday that the center will help boost
exchanges between the two countries.

Stating that trade exchanges worth $200 million between the two
countries in 2008 is not acceptable, he further noted that the figure
is meager compared to the volume of exchanges with other neighboring
states.

One of the strategies of Iran is to increase its economic exchanges
with its neighbors, Afqahi, who also doubles as the head of Iran’s
Trade Development Center said, noting that’s for the same reason that
Armenia is of significant priority for Iran in this respect.

He also expressed Iranian companies’ readiness to open a new era of
cooperation with that country.

Iran is prepared to make available different technologies to that
country, he noted..

International Conference to Introduce Trade and Investment
Opportunities in Armenia is to end in Islamic Republic of Iran
Broadcasting’s (IRIB) Conferences Hall on Wednesday.