TEHRAN (Dsipatches) - Norwegian Fishery Minister Per Sandberg in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Norway Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh on Wednesday hailed expansion of Tehran-Oslo cooperation in fish farming and the related areas.
"My visit to Iran in October was positive and I assessed Iran as country with great capacities in the field of fishery for broadening of relations," Sandberg said during the meeting in the Norwegian capital on Wednesday.
The Norwegian foreign minister pointed to the extension of financial credit by the Norwegian credit institutes as an appropriate opportunity for fishery companies of Norway to implement joint venture projects with Iranian companies.
Habibollahzadeh, also pointed to a great joint venture in fish farming area in the Sixth Development Plan of Iran, and said, "Tehran is ready to develop cooperation with Norway in the field of fishery and aqua culture."
The Iranian envoy pointed to vast coastlines in Northern and Southern parts of Iran, and said, "Joint venture for manufacturing special equipment to grow fish and conduct related research are among grounds for bilateral cooperation."