TEHRAN (ecoideal)- Iranian Ambassador to Minsk Mustafa Oveisi and Belarus Minister of Internal Affairs Ihar Shunevich in a meeting on Monday underlined the need for broadening of mutual cooperation in different fields.
During the meeting in Belarus capital today, Oveisi and Shunevich explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating bilateral ties.
The two sides also discussed mutual cooperation in the field of fighting organized crime and narcotics as well as intelligence sharing.
"Consolidation of the grounds for judicial cooperation will serve as an important factor for development of relations," Shunevich said.
During the meeting, Oveisi and Shunevich urged implementation of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) signed between the two countries.
In relevant remarks in early February, Head of Belarus Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Sergey Rakhmanov underlined that his country and Iran can further expand their relations, specially in trade and economic fields.
“There are plenty of grounds for the expansion of cooperation between Belarus and Iran,” Rakhmanov said in a meeting with Deputy Governor of East Azarbaijan for Economic Affairs Ali Navadad in the Northwestern city of Tabriz.
Rakhmanov expressed hope that by development of cooperation between Iran and Belarus, East Azarbaijan province could take a noticeable share of the cooperation.
He reiterated that Belarus is among advanced countries in the field of industry and agriculture, and said, “In the fields of manufacturing trucks, tractors and production of dairy as well as in the field of information technology Belarus is among most advanced countries in the world and even more progressive than a number of European countries."
Ali Navadad pointed to capacities of the province in the fields of manufacturing automobile, parts, pharmaceutics and food products, and said, “The province by having around 4,000 industrial units is one of country’s industrial poles.”
He said that the province is also active in production of leather, hand-woven carpet and handicrafts and in the sector of mine also has more than 8 billion tons of reserves.
Source: Farsnews