Wednesday, February 22 2017 14:02

ArmInfo. An Armenian business  delegation headed by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan will visit Iran  in March 2017. Mehr reports that yesterday Armenian Ambassador to  Iran Artashes Tumanyan met with Head of Tehran's Chamber of Commerce  of Industry Masoud Khansari. The sides discussed the upcoming visit  of Karen Karapetyan to Tehran.  

"As soon as the Prime Minister's visit to Tehran is completely  prepared, the Iranian Chamber of Commerce will organize bilateral  meetings between the Iranian and Armenian businessmen," Masoud  Khansari said.  

He stressed that the ICT cooperation is quite good and that his  Armenian counterpart will have an opportunity to establish contacts  with Iranian companies in this field.  

Artashes Tumanyan, in turn, noted that the Armenian Prime Minister's  visit will be conducted within the arrangements reached between the  two countries' presidents. "The visit will take place in the near  future, probably even before the New Year holidays in Iran, which  will start on March 21," he said.    

According to the National Statistics Service of Armenia, in Jan-Dec  2016 the Armenia-Iran foreign trade turnover amounted to $238.9 mln  (down 14.7% versus Jan-Dec 2015). Exports totaled $74.8 mln (down  8.4%), and imports - $164.1 mln (down 17.3%). In 2015, the foreign  trade turnover between Armenia and Iran dropped by 5.2%, with exports  falling by 8.2% and imports - by 3.9%.