Baku, Azerbaijan, April 28
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Belgium has called for boosting investment in Iran.
The chairman of Belgian chamber of commerce said it is hoped that Belgian companies would boost investment in different economic fields in Iran, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on April 28.
The official made the remarks in Tehran in a meeting with Abolfazl Koudehi, director of Iranian bureau for foreign investment.
In February, Head of Iran's Chamber of Commerce Gholam-Hossein Shafeyee underlined Tehran's willingness to expand economic cooperation with Brussels, Fars news agency reported.
"We ask the Belgium-Iran Joint Chamber of Commerce to pave the way for the expansion of economic ties with Iran," Shafeyee said in a meeting with Vice-President of the Federation of Belgian Chambers of Commerce Jacques Glorieux in Tehran.
The chairman of Iran's Chamber of Commerce said Belgium's strategic position has been a driving force behind Iran's intention for expanding bilateral trade ties with that country.
"Iran pursues development of economic relations (with other countries) on the basis of shared interests," Shafeyee said.
He also voiced displeasure in the low level of the two countries' trade exchanges that he said amounted to only USD 800 million, and stressed that the private sectors of Iran and Belgium should become more active in a bid to increase their mutual economic cooperation.
Edited by C.N.