Armenia, Iran’s Mazandaran Set to Enhance Trade, Economic Ties

Date: 10 November 2019 - 22:05

News ID: ۷۲۵۲۹

SARI, Iran (Dispatches) - The Governor General of Mazandaran Province Ahmad Hosseinzadegan on Sunday called for the expansion of trade-economic ties between Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia.
"Mazandaran province has hidden capacities and potentials which can play a leading role in expanding trade-economic relations between Iran and Armenia,” Hosseinzadegan said.
He made the remarks in Sari in his meeting with the governor general of Lori province of Armenia and emphasized, "The two countries of Iran and Armenia have established friendly and amicable ties with each other which dates back to many years ago so that cooperation of the two countries should be expanded.”
With owning five airports, three ports and free zones, 3,000 industrial and production units, Mazandaran province can meet a major demand of Lori province in Armenia, the Iranian official highlighted.
The development and expansion of trade-economic ties with neighboring countries is of paramount importance for the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hosseinzadegan stressed.
With the identification of potentials and capacities between Iran and Armenia especially in Lori and Mazandaran provinces, "We can hope that bilateral relations between the two countries will be expanded.”