TEHRAN- Australia’s Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources Secretary Richard Bolt in a Monday meeting with Head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasian in Tehran, expressed content about cooperation between Australian companies and IMIDRO during the past two years, hoping for expansion of ties.

As IRNA reported, Bolt said that the two sides have experienced cooperation on implementing some projects as well as consulting and can improve their ties in other fields including mining, regarding their expertise, technology, and education potentials.

Karbasian, for his part, referred to Iran’s gas resources and Australia’s iron ore mines saying that the two countries can collaborate on converting iron ore to steel.

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