Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) plans to send a major trade delegation to the Russian capital on December 18.
During the visit to Moscow, the Iranian delegation, which will be headed by ICCIMA President Gholam Hossein Shafei, is scheduled to explore ways for further promotion of trade and economic ties between Iran and Russia.
Holding meetings with a number of Russian officials and B2B meetings of businesspeople is on the agenda of the four-day visit.
A 120-member Russian trade delegation, headed by President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Sergey Katyrin, visited Tehran earlier this month where an Iran-Russia business forum was held.
Addressing the business forum, President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholam Hossein Shafei said that expansion of trade relations between Tehran and Moscow requires more enhanced banking relations and transportation means.
Noting that the visiting Russian delegation is the biggest Russian delegation to Iran over the past 20 years, he underlined the need for taking further steps to give a boost to bilateral trade and ease visa requirements in this regard.
A preferential trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union opened a new chapter in Iran’s trade relations with this bloc, Shafei said, adding that the two sides are also finalizing a free trade agreement which will lift major hurdles on the way of trade exchanges.