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TEHRAN (ecoideal)- Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov underlined the need for increasing the volume of trade exchanges between Tehran and Moscow.
During the meeting in the Russian capital on Friday, Sanayee and Morgulov explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating mutual cooperation between Iran and Russia.
The two sides also discussed a diverse range of other issues, including implementation of agreements reached between Tehran and Moscow during the visit of President Hassan Rouhani to Russia in late March.
Morgulov voiced his satisfaction with the development of all-out relations between Iran and Russia, and called for the implementation of the letters of the agreements and definition of new economic projects to broaden and deepen the bilateral ties more than before.
Sanayee, for his part, pointed to the exchange of high-ranking delegations between the two countries in the course of the past months, and said that the heads of states of the two countries are determined to develop relations in all areas.
He also referred to a statistical growth in bilateral economy and trade ties between Iran and Russia, and expressed the hope to see a noticeable rise in the volume of trade between the two countries till the end of the current year with orders of the heads of states put into practice.
In a relevant development earilier in July, Sanayee underlined that Tehran is resolved to expand bilateral relations with Moscow.
"All infrastructures and conditions for the expansion of all-out relations between Iran and Russia are ready," Sanayee said.
The Iranian ambassador reiterated that Iran has different plans to boost the volume of trade exchanges between the two countries.
"President Rouhani in his second-term in office will increase his efforts to further expand mutual cooperation between the two countries," Sanayee added.
In relevant remarks in mid-June, senior Russian officials in a meeting with their Iranian counterparts in Moscow studied investment opportunities in Iran.
"Some 70 industrialists, entrepreneurs and businessmen from Russia and Iran in a joint meeting in Moscow reviewed the future of investment in Iran," Iranian Commercial Attaché to Moscow Davoud Morzakhani said.
He said that after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), economic cooperation between Iran and Russia is growing in various fields.
"Many issues have been resolved in the period such as expansion of banking cooperation between the two countries, normalization of economic and banking cooperation, and promotion of economic infrastructure such as signing legal and basic documents, customs office formalities as well as transportations over past four year," he added.
The two sides also studied venues to reach free trade agreements between Tehran and Eurasia and also help finalize North-South transit route as well as expansion of trilateral relations between Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan.
Source: Farsnews