TEHRAN- Australian Ambassador to Tehran Ian Biggs announced his country’s decision to expand industrial and trade ties with Iran, the official portal of Iran's Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) reported on Monday.

He made the remarks in a meeting with Deputy Head of IDRO Mohammad Nouri Amiri besides senior officials from Iran Ship Building and Offshore Industries Complex Company (ISOICO) and Head of Hormozgan Chamber of commerce Mohammad Amin Sabaghizadeh in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.

Biggs announced his country’s tendency for establishing a direct shipping line between Canberra and Hormozgan as well as a joint harbor to increase mutual economic ties.

Further cooperation would be done in future via Australian and Iranian companies’ negotiations, he hoped.

Paying a visit to the site of ISOICO, the Australian ambassador also expressed Australia’s readiness for development of marine industries and ship building cooperation with Iran.

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