On the sidelines of a meeting with Russian Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov, Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said “the signing of the common monetary treaty aims to facilitate economic and trade relations between the two countries.”
“The barriers to further expansion of bilateral collaboration were reviewed at the meeting and it was decided to coordinate efforts to alleviate existing problems,” Vaezi added.
Iran’s ICT minister recalled the negotiations with the Russian side to reduce the tariff on Iranian goods exported to Russia; “Russia pledged to take necessary steps towards reduction of tariffs in favor of Iran,” he asserted.
