Safari: Africa is a land of opportunities for Iranian companies

According to the report of Fars news agency’s foreign policy group, the conference to review the opportunities, obstacles and solutions for the development of economic relations with Africa in the form of an extraordinary meeting of the foreign economic relations coordination headquarters on Monday, 16th of Bahman, with the presence of managers and representatives of government departments and private, especially the managers of important companies operating in Africa, was held under the chairmanship of Mehdi Safari, Deputy Minister of Economic Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In this meeting, with the aim of exchanging opinions and synergizing the public and private sectors to boost Iran’s economic relations with African countries as much as possible and to help increase the export of goods and technical services and Engineering has been done to this continent, while explaining the importance and position of Africa in Iran’s foreign policy, the vice president of economic diplomacy described the African continent as a land of opportunities for Iranian companies.

He announced his full support The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies of Iran have requested economic activists and companies with the capacity to export goods and technical and engineering services in various fields and to seriously pursue the comprehensive development of economic cooperation with African countries.

After that, the head of the General Directorate for Africa and the director general of the Middle East and North Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs each separately presented a report on the measures taken and the capacities and opportunities of their field of activity.

Furthermore, the head of the Iran-Africa Joint Chamber of Commerce expressed his views on Africa and pointed out the importance of creating a business road map with Africa and the need for coordination and regular meetings between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Joint Chamber of Commerce and the organization He emphasized trade development as the main custodians of settlement and implementation of trade development policies between Iran and Africa.

He highlighted the most important problems facing trade with Africa as transportation (sea and air) issues. He enumerated the guarantees and money transfer and banking issues and suggested that the custodian organizations hold meetings to synergize and provide practical solutions. In addition to appreciating the support provided by the Deputy of Economic Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in following up on affairs and helping to obtain tenders for some construction projects in some African countries, the continuous exchange of opinions and the formation of a specialized committee for the export of technical and engineering services to find solutions to the problems and dilemmas of this field He described it as important.

In the continuation of the meeting, managers of companies and institutions of the private and public sectors active in Africa, each expressed their views and listed the fields of work with Africa.

At the end of the meeting, Mehdi Safari, Deputy Minister of Economic Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, talked about the need to change the views on Africa and pay attention to the many opportunities available in this continent for Iran’s economy in various fields, including mines, fisheries and aquaculture. , shipping, energy, especially renewable energies, extraterritorial cultivation, medical and pharmaceutical cooperation, export of vaccine, serum, medicine and medical equipment, supply of meat and live animals, export of various technical and engineering services, cooperation of industrial and scientific technology parks, export of products and He emphasized the production of knowledge-based companies, cooperation in the field of providing technical and professional training, etc., and while welcoming the proposal to form a committee with the presence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Trade Development Organization and the Chamber of Commerce, he called for the serious efforts of all economic actors in the public and private sectors for Trade exchanges with Africa have increased.

Deputy Economic Diplomacy Minister of Foreign Affairs also stated that due to the importance of Africa for the government, the number of trade attaché posts in this continent has increased, from economic activists. The private sector wanted to use the services of Iranian embassies to advance their economic plans.

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