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| Iran Determined to Strengthen Bilateral Ties with African Countries |
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| Monday, 17 November 2008 | |
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Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran is resolutely determined to strengthen and expand bilateral parliamentary, political and economic ties and comprehensive ties with entire African countries. Mottaki reiterated, "In order to accelerate the trend of bilateral cooperation with Congo the first step can be increasing the volume of annual trade between the two countries." He referred to exporting Iran's industrial products to Congo, the Iranian private firms' partnership at Congo's development plans, particularly in sanitary, generation of electricity, agriculture, dam construction, automobile industry, energy and oil discovery and drilling fields, as most important areas for boosting bilateral cooperation." Mottaki meanwhile proposed exchanging teams of experts in various fields and signing letters of cooperation along with offering banking and insurance facilities to the two countries' private sector firms in order to provide for mutual growth and better understanding of the other side's potentials and capabilities. |