Holding a conference on the Iranian economy with the presence of Lebanese and Iranian businessmen

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, in this In a friendly and active meeting, businessmen and economic activists examined the existing challenges and presented solutions to strengthen the economic and commercial relations between Iran and Lebanon, two friendly and brotherly countries.

The presence of 80 Lebanese and Iranian businessmen in the “Thinking of Iran’s Economy” conference, which was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Beirut, shows the strong desire of the economic activists of the two countries to strengthen the economic and commercial relations between the two countries.

In this meeting, Mojtaba Amani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon, Sheikh Javad Mehrabi, Advisor to the First Vice President of Iran on the Development of Economic Relations with Lebanon, and Abbas Fawaz, Chairman of the Lebanon-Iran Joint Chamber, spoke. .

In this meeting, it was discussed that despite the long-standing relations and good relations between the two countries, the size and level of economic and commercial relations between the two countries is equal to the size of the two friendly countries. And he is not a brother.

According to the statistics of the volume of trade relations last year, it is as follows: Lebanon’s import from Iran: 111.542.000 dollars (111.5 million dollars) . Iran’s share of the 20 billion dollar Lebanese market is about half a percent! Lebanon’s exports to Iran: $13,250,000 ($13.2 million). 0.4 share (less than half percent) of Lebanon’s 3.5 billion dollar export.

In this meeting, it was also stated that one of the most important work priorities of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Lebanon is to try It is to remove the mentioned infrastructural obstacles that appropriate measures have been taken in recent months in this connection: the issue of free trade between Iran and Lebanon is being followed seriously.

In terms of transportation, over the past year, we have seen more growth in transportation and transit from Iraq and Syria, and a decrease of about two thousand dollars in transportation fare. One of the effective measures in this regard is full insurance coverage (war risk coverage) of goods sent from Iran to Lebanon. It is also possible to transport goods by ship from Iranian ports to Beirut port. The Lebanese outside of it have provided a special and privileged opportunity to re-export Iranian products to Africa, Latin America, and even Europe, and it is necessary to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity.

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