TEHRAN (ECOIDEAL)- Germany has agreed to supply state-of-the-art helicopters to Iran to be used for rescue and relief operations, an Iranian official announced.
"During a recent meeting I had with German Ambassador to Tehran Michael Klor-Berchtold, he voiced his country's willingness to provide recue helicopters to Iran," Head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Amir Mohsen Ziayee said on Saturday.
"Given the scope of the humanitarian organizations in Germany, we are after cooperation to prepare air rescue equipment and 150 rescue vehicles of German car makers,” Ziayee added.
The Iranian official also recounted that the Iranian body has signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s Red Cross and the two organizations have agreed to cooperate in areas of education, training rescue dogs, and mountain rescue operations.
He reiterated that the German ambassador has reassured his Iranian side that he would do his best to join the links between the Iranian and German providers of rescue equipment.
In relevant remarks in May, a senior German trade official called for broadening of mutual cooperation with Iran in different economic fields.
"Iran and Germany have many capacities to deepen their trade relations," Managing Director of Bavaria’s Business and Industries Association Bertram Brossardt said in a meeting with Iran's trade officials.
Head of Bavaria’s Business and Industries Association Bertram Brossardt, for his part, said here on Monday that the volume of Bavaria’s export to Iran has increased drastically as compared to pre-JCPOA implementation.
Secretary General of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIM) Bahman Eshqi, for his part, said that visits by senior officials of the two countries over past two years indicates the serious determination of both sides to take firm steps in development of fruitful bilateral cooperation.
A 16-member delegation from Germany's Bavaria State met TCCIM officials in Tehran.
Reports released by Iran's Customs Administration revealed that Germany ranks fifth among exporting countries to Iran.
Source: Farsnews