TEHRAN - Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Samad Hassanzadeh has underlined the need for Iranian commercial attachés to make further efforts to boost the country’s foreign trade.

Hassanzadeh made the remarks during a visit to Iran’s embassy in Paris as he is in the French capital to attend the annual summit of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

He believed that the commercial attachés could play a key role in introducing the target markets to Iranian economic operators. 

He further noted that Iran and France enjoy trade potentials that can be used to expand the level of trade exchanges and joint investments.

Hassanzadeh added that problems in the way of banking transactions are the main obstacle hindering Iran’s trade cooperation with other countries, including France.

Representatives from Iranian state-run banks, who were also present in the meeting, noted that despite the presence of banking infrastructures, the Western sanctions on Iran have prevented the country from taking advantage of these potentials.

Also addressing the meeting, Hossein Pirmoazzen, the ICCIMA vice-president, said that the arbitrary sanctions on Tehran has been a major hurdle on the way of Iran’s financial transactions.

He, however, stressed that the Iranian private sector has made every effort to find mechanisms for carrying out financial exchanges.

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