President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi has underscored the need for Egypt to ease visa requirements for Iranian Businesspeople.
Selahvarzi made the remarks in a meeting in Doha with President of the General Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Ahmed El Wakil.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 39th Meeting of the General Assembly of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (ICCIA) in the Qatari capital on Sunday.
The president of Iran Chamber of Commerce voiced Iran’s readiness to transfer modern technologies to Egypt in different areas including, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, agriculture, and techno-engineering projects.
He expressed regret with the low level of economic exchanges between Tehran and Cairo, noting that Iran and Egypt, as two significant countries of the Muslim world, Middle East and North Africa, has to pursue more active trade relations.
Selahvarzi also underlined the need for Iran and Egypt to exchange trade delegations, and update and exchange trade information.
He called on his Egyptian counterpart to pay a visit to Iran at the head of a trade delegation, adding that Iran Chamber of Commerce is also ready to dispatch a delegation to Egypt.
The Egyptian side, for his part, called for more increased relations between the private sectors of Iran and Egypt which he believed could improve the political relations of the two Islamic countries.
Referring to Egypt’s trade agreements with the European, African and American countries, El Wakil said that economic actors of Iran and Egypt can make use of these regional agreements to expand their exports.
He noted that Iranian and Egyptian companies can define joint projects in third countries.