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Belarus and Iran are preparing a meeting of the commission on economic cooperation. It was discussed at the meetings of Belarusian Ambassador to Iran Yuri Lazarchik, who is completing his diplomatic mission in this country, with the leadership of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

The Belarusian diplomat discussed topical areas of cooperation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. The ambassador noted the importance of stepping up joint coordinated steps to increase trade between the two countries, as well as deepening bilateral contacts in education, including medicine.

The development of trade, economic and investment interaction between the countries was considered at the talks with the Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran, co-chairman of the Iranian part of the joint commission on economic cooperation Alireza Razmhosseini. “The interlocutors discussed a wide range of issues and noted the constructive and mutually respectful nature of bilateral relations,” the Foreign Ministry said.