Business
Tehran hosts key Iran-Afghanistan business forum
The second Iran-Afghanistan Business Forum and Conference was held in Tehran this week in the hope of boosting trade ties between the two countries.
A total of 70 Afghan businessmen and representatives of Iranian companies attended the event, Mehr News reported.
The conference was addressed by Hossein Salimi, the head of the Iran-Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce; Alireza Yavari, the deputy head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture for international affairs; and Ahmad-Reza Allaie Tabatabaei, the deputy head of Trade Promotion Organization, ICCIMA reported.
Specialized panels were held on Afghanistan’s commodity and investment needs, investment opportunities in the country’s industrial and mining sectors and ways of removal of trade and investment barriers between Iran and Afghanistan.
