Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31
By Mehdi Sepahvand, Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran-France joint economic commission’s meeting started in Tehran on Jan. 31 with presence of French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
The session is the first meeting of the joint commission after 17 years, aimed at boosting mutual economic, political and cultural ties, Trend’s correspondent reported from the event.
Heading a high-ranking 60-member political-economic delegation, Ayrault arrived in Tehran Jan. 30.
During the session Ayrault said that French administration is trying to facilitate issuing visas for Iranians.
“We have announced this to our embassy in Tehran and French embassy is working on this,” he said.
