ArmInfo.On August 28, a working meeting was held between the Minister of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission Andrey Slepnev and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation Kazem Jalali, during which they discussed the preparation of the EAEU-Iran business dialogue scheduled for October 1 at the Eurasian Economic Forum - 2024 in Yerevan.
As reported by the press service of the EEC, during the meeting the parties expressed confidence that the business dialogue will become one of the key events of the Forum and will reveal opportunities for deepening trade and economic ties between the businesses of the Union countries and Iranian companies in light of the new Free Trade Agreement between the EAEU and Iran.
"Our business circles are particularly interested in cooperation with partners in the areas of logistics, infrastructure, as well as issues of simplification of trade operations, including payments," Andrey Slepnev emphasized. In addition, the meeting participants exchanged information on the progress of ratification of the full-scale free trade agreement and plans for developing cooperation between the EEC and Iran in the current and next year.
The III Eurasian Economic Forum will be held on September 30 - October 1, 2024 in Yerevan.