Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of a meeting between Iran's Head of the Presidential Office Mohammad Nahavandian and the British Chamber of Commerce, Lamont said: 'British economy is a market economy. It is not planned by the government; so things do not happen because the government says.'
Referring to the recent increase in the number of BICC memberships as a positive sign, he added, 'Who would have thought we would have all those people at the FT conference, few month ago. All of these people who were at the meeting today with Dr. Nahavandian would not have come few months ago.'
'This is all part of a process that goes on,' he added.
The British politician also expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the meeting between BICC members and Nahavandian and emphasized that the economic program of the Iranian government had broad support in Iran.
