Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has postponed sending a trade delegation to Russia, ICCIMA Department for International Affairs announced on Tuesday.
The Iranian private sector delegation was scheduled to visit the Russian capital on December 18.
The delegation was going to be headed by ICCIMA President Gholam Hossein Shafei.
Iran Chamber of Commerce will later announce a new time for the visit to Moscow by the Iranian delegation.
A 120-member Russian trade delegation, headed by President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Sergey Katyrin, visited Tehran in mid-November 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.