President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi says the ICCIMA intends to push the economic diplomacy policy for promotion of relations with neighboring countries which has already begun by the government.
Selahvarzi made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday with Iran’s newly-appointed ambassador to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani.
Referring to friendly relations between Iran and Armenia, he said that the volume of exchanges is not satisfactory and has to increase and become more diversified.
Selahvarzi stressed that the chambers of commerce can cooperate with the government to take major steps to help create a leap in the country’s foreign trade.
The Iran Chamber of Commerce president called for more efforts to find a solution to banking and transit obstacles on the way of trade between Iran and Armenia.
In the meantime, the Iranian ambassador to Yerevan pointed to Armenia’s membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), noting that Iran has to take advantage of Armenia’s access to a 200-million-population market.
Sobhani said that the Iranian embassy in Yerevan plans to further boost cooperation between private sectors of Iran and Armenia.
He stressed that upgrading cooperation between the chambers of commerce of the two countries is a prerequisite for more enhanced trade cooperation.