TEHRAN (ECOIDEAL)- Political director of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry Wegger Christian Strommen underlined that the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) provided Tehran and Oslo with a good opportunity to expand mutual cooperation with Tehran.
"Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has helped Norway and Iran to broaden their relations in different fields," Strommen said on Thursday, addressing a conference in Oslo.
He pointed to Iran as a great market in the region, and said that the Norwegian companies are prepared to cooperate in every sector and deliver their commitment in business with Iran.
The one-day conference in Oslo was held on Thursday and dozens of Iranian and Norwegian companies were present to discuss ways of expanding cooperation and investment in the field of maritime and shipping.
In a relevant development in October, the Iranian and Norwegian firms signed a contract worth 2bln euro to produce 2gw of solar energy in Iran.
The deal was signed between Norway’s Saga Energy and Iran’s state-owned Amin Energy Developers at the Norwegian embassy in Tehran to install solar panels in multiple sites around the Central desert region of the country to produce two gigawatts of power.
The new solar project is being financed by a consortium of European private and state investors, and backed by a sovereign guarantee from the government of Iran.
"We hope to build a factory in Iran to build the panels so that we also generate jobs," said Saga's development manager Gaute Steinkopf at signing the deal.
The deal was signed just days after US President Donald Trump gave a bellicose speech, imposing further sanctions on Iran and calling for European allies to curb their financial dealings with the country.
But Norwegian Ambassador to Tehran Lars Nordrum underlined that his country "is fully committed to the JCPOA (nuclear deal) and this is proof that we have taken the opening very seriously, and we will see more investment very soon".
Source: Farsnews