Iran Looks to Boost Economic Ties With Azerbaijan

Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Trade is scheduled to hold a videoconference forum titled “Iran-Azerbaijan Republic Commercial Capacities and Opportunities” in Tehran on Feb. 6.
The event, which will be attended by Hossein Pir-Moazzen, the head of Iran-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, representatives of chambers of commerce from other Iranian provinces and officials and businesspeople active in trade between the two countries, will focus on opportunities, risks and challenges facing bilateral trade, the latest regional developments, cooperation capacities and possibilities for expanding trade and financial ties between the two neighbors, ICCIMA’s news portal reported.
Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Alireza Razm-Hosseini has appointed Governor General of East Azarbaijan Province Mohammad Reza Pourmohammadi as the head of Trade Expansion Taskforce with Azerbaijan Republic, IRNA reported.
Pourmohammadi has been entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating with different Iranian governmental bodies and private sector businesses to expand non-oil trade ties and cooperation for the reconstruction of Azerbaijan’s areas devastated after the South Caucasus conflict.