TEHRAN – Rustam Minnikhanov, the president of the Republic of Tatarstan, has said that he is determined to expand ties with Iran in various areas.

Tatarstan will expand its economic relations with Iran especially in the areas of automobile manufacturing, information technology and agriculture, IRNA quoted him as saying on Saturday in an interview with RIA Novosti.

He noted that there is no impediment to expansion of ties.

According to IRNA, the value of exports from Tatarstan to Iran in 2016 was ten million dollars and exports from Iran to Tatarstan was three million dollars.

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