Belarusian senior official calls for increase in economic cooperation with Iran

He made the remarks in meeting with Deputy Governor General of East Azarbaijan province for economic affairs Ali Navadad.

Rakhmanov expressed hope that by development of cooperation between Iran and Belarus, East Azarbaijan province can take a noticeable share of the cooperation.

He said that Belarus is among advanced countries in the fields of industry, agriculture and added that 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 Nevada 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.

Nevada expressed hopes that visit of the Belarusian delegation causes expansion of trade exchanges between the two countries.

Belarusian Truck Manufacturer Company MAZ, with international reputation, has a joint venture project in Tabriz to produce buses.

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