TEHRAN – Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) in collaboration with Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) held a conference on the Iran-Saudi Arabia trade opportunities in Tehran on Sunday.

In this event which was attended by Iranian business operators and entrepreneurs interested in trade with the kingdom, the ways of expanding economic relations between the two countries were explored, the TCCIMA portal reported.

Speaking in this conference, Abdol-Amir Rabihavi, the director general of TPO’s West Asia Office, pointed to the benefits of increasing economic and trade relations with Saudi Arabia and stressed the important role of the private sector in developing trade relations with this country.

Stating that the private sector is more agile in economic exchanges and has fewer bureaucratic restrictions, Rabihavi said: “The participation of the private sector will be the basis for the expansion of business relations with Saudi Arabia.”

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