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News ID: 102731
Publish Date : 18 May 2022 - 21:59

Slovakia, Iran Call for Strengthening Economic Ties

TEHRAN - Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari and visiting State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Ingrid Brocková have explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating mutual cooperation.
The two officials stressed the need to broaden bilateral relations in all fields, specially in economic areas.
During the meeting, Safari pointed to Iran’s high capacities in the fields of energy, petrochemical and food industries, modern technologies and knowledge-based and voiced readiness of the country to enhance cooperation with Slovakia.
The two countries enjoy high potentials in pharmaceutical and medical industries including production of coronavirus vaccine, he emphasized.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, for her part, stated that holding joint economic commission between the two countries would be an important step in developing trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
Ingrid Brocková said that Slovakia attaches great importance to its relations with Iran.
During the meeting, the two sides explored avenues for broadening trade and economic ties between the two countries.