Tabriz, IRNA – Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation while referring to President Ebrahim Raisi’s diplomacy of expanding relations with the neighboring countries said that Keeping in mind the sanctions imposed against Russia, the Iranian firms have a good opportunity for broader presence in that country.
Speaking in a video conference with the governor-general of East Azarbaijan province, Ambassador Kazem Jalali referred to the superior and unique position of East Azarbaijan in the country and its pivotal role in foreign relations, asking for that province’s merchants and economic activists in the Russian markets.
He said that Russia’s imports in the year 2021 was around 300 billion dollars, adding that the major part of Russia’s needed products are provided through imports and Iran’s share of this huge market is not appropriate with the capacities of our country.
“Last year, the trade volume of our country with Russia reached its highest level, which was 4 billion dollars, and now we need to increase that volume drastically,” he said.
The governor-general of East Azerbaijan, too, referring to the long-term perspective for the ideal strategic ties between Iran and Russia, said that the East Azarbaijan province can play a decisive role in materializing that objective and the historical necessity can play and important role in this respect.
Governor Abedin Khorram referred to the opportunities for making joint investments, arguing that identifying the products that can be exported to Russia and those that can be imported from that county can facilitate and speed up the presence of the Iranian firms in the vast Russian markets and allocating a large share for Iran in that market under the current conditions.
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA
