Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 21
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: France will help Iran join the World Trade Organization.
French Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said his country is determined to expand economic cooperation with Iran in the long-term and will remain by Iran's side in order to help the country join the WTO, Iran's ISNA news agency reported Sept. 21.
"The establishment of Iran-France joint trade center at the French embassy in Tehran is in line with this goal."
He made the remarks in a press conference in Tehran after meeting with Iranian Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati.
Cooperation between Iran and France is within the framework of the Vienna nuclear agreement, he noted.
Last year, the head of the Iranian Institute for Trade Studies and Research, Mehdi Fathollah said that joining the WTO is among the top priorities of Iran's Industry, Mine, and Trade Ministry. However, he remarked that the sanctions imposed on Iran are an obstacle for the country and Iran needs to solve the problem before joining the WTO.
Mohammad Reza Sabzalipour, Head of Iran's World Trade Center, said in December 2014 that Iran would not benefit from the world trade profits, unless it joins the organization.
Edited by CN