TEHRAN – Iran and Pakistan have signed a five-year cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening cultural and literary ties, expanding publishing industry collaboration and facilitating the participation of publishers and official representatives from both countries in their respective international book fairs.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by Ebrahim Heydari, director of Iran’s Book and Literature House, and Kamran Jahangir, head of Pakistan’s National Book Foundation, on the sidelines of the Baku International Book Fair.
According to the public relations and international affairs department of Iran’s Book and Literature House, the agreement focuses on facilitating the reciprocal participation of the two countries in the Tehran International Book Fair and the Karachi International Book Fair.
Under the agreement, each side will cooperate in providing exhibition space measuring 27 square meters for official representatives of the other country. The arrangement also includes the provision of some agreed facilities and services to support their participation.
The commitments will be implemented in accordance with relevant regulations and administrative and financial arrangements, based on the principle of mutual cooperation.
The agreement also seeks to broaden professional exchanges between the two countries’ publishing industries through the sharing of experiences and information, the introduction of contemporary and classical literary works and authors, and