TEHRAN - Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) is scheduled to dispatch a trade delegation to Uzbekistan’s capital on September 19, the ICCIMA portal reported.

The delegation will be headed by ICCIMA Head Samad Hassanzadeh upon an invitation by Uzbekistan’s embassy in Tehran.

The visit is aimed at giving a further boost to trade cooperation between Iran and Uzbekistan.

During their five-day stay in Uzbekistan, the Iranian delegation will explore cooperation in different areas including tourism and handicrafts, auto industry, textile industry, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and hygienic products, energy, petrochemicals and polymer, techno-engineering services, mining and constructional products, agricultural and food industries and information technology. 

The visit will also include business forums and B2B meetings in Tashkent and Khiva as well as visiting trade and industrial centers across the Central Asian country and holding a meeting in the Iranian embassy in Uzbekistan.

Back in May, Iran’s Ambassador in Uzbekistan Mohammad-Ali Eskandari met with the Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov to discuss expanding economic, trade, and industrial ties.

Referring to the recent mutual visits of economic officials from both countries and the resulting agreements, Eskandari emphasized the need to facilitate the process of economic and trade relations between the two countries.

Meanwhile, Kudratov expressed satisfaction with the increased trade relations between the two countries in recent years and the goals set by the two countries' presidents to raise the volume of bilateral trade to one billion dollars.

Additionally, he called for advocating plans that would accelerate the implementation process.

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