Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is scheduled to host a Belarusian trade delegation on Tuesday, Tehran Times reported.
The Belarusian delegates active in the fields of oil and petrochemical products, refineries, fibers, pharmaceuticals, paper, forestry, car tires, paints, red meat, customs services, railways, transportation and logistics, etc. will meet and negotiate with the Iranian traders and businessmen, who are the members of the country’s chambers of commerce, during some B2B meetings.
The 15th Iran-Belarus Joint Economic Committee meeting was held in Minsk in late July, co-chaired by Iranian Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Reza Fatemi-Amin and Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus Parkhomchik Petr Aleksandrovich.
Strengthening and expanding mutual cooperation between the two countries in the fields of commerce and industry, agriculture, investment, geology and water resources, health and pharmaceuticals, and transportation, as well as the cooperation between the two sides’ chambers of commerce were among the subjects discussed in this event.
Holding the joint economic committee meeting on a regular basis, increasing the volume of bilateral exchanges, expanding the range of traded goods, increasing the share of high-tech goods with higher added value in trade, and providing equal conditions for the participation of the trade organizations of the two sides in each other's international tenders were among the agreements made in the meeting.
Speaking at the meeting, the Iranian industry minister stressed the need for developing a roadmap for the expansion of trade relations between the two countries, stating that there are many capacities for joint investment between the two sides.
Belarus is one of the five members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) which is an economic union of some post-Soviet states located in Eurasia.
Tehran has long been seeking a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Iranian Parliament passed a government bill on a Free Trade Agreement with the bloc in June 2019, paving the way for Tehran to join a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) with the five-member union.