TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran’s Ambassador to Minsk Saeed Yari and Belarus Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik in a meeting have discussed the broadening of mutual cooperation in different fields, economy in particular.
During the meeting in the Belarus capital, the two sides underlined the need to expand bilateral relations in the trade and economic fields.
Belarus industry minister, meantime, stressed the need to accelerate development of industrial cooperation between Iran and Belarus, and voiced readiness for any cooperation in this field.
Last month, Ambassador Yari and managing-director of the country’s National Airline ‘Belavia’ discussed ways to establish direct flights between Tehran and Minsk.
During the meeting, Yari announced his readiness to negotiate removal of existing obstacles, help establish a direct flight from Tehran to Minsk as a very important factor to develop people-to-people communications, tourism, cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
The two sides also stressed the need for preparatory actions by the two countries’ aviation and airport officials as soon as possible.