Mohsen Jalalpour, the Chairman of Iran's Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture received Reinhold Mitterlehner Austrian Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy in Tehran on Tuesday.
During the meeting the two sides voiced satisfaction with long years of cooperation between the two countries and hoped to open a new chapter in private sector interactions. They further voiced hope for bright future in Iran-Austria relations.
Iranian official referred to the visit made by the delegation of many renowned Austrian companies as a demonstration of the same will by the Austrian side for broadening and deepening the bilateral ties.
Iran is a country with 80 million population neighboring 15 countries which gets 300 million people under influence; an attractive investment opportunity in the long run for the Austrian engineering firms and companies, said Jalalpour.
The chairman of Iran's Chamber of Commerce confirmed that Austrian firms can join Iranian renowned companies to explore the vast market of central Asia and Afghanistan with less marketing costs and many opened doors; something not easy to achieve without Iranians.
Pointing to unrest in the Middle East, Jalalpour added that most Middle-Easterners are rich and Iran is a secure and safe place to hub trade with the rich countries of the region.
The Iranian official reiterated that Iran is a stable country with cheap energy, economical workforce, developed infrastructures and experienced firms and companies.
Jalalpour reassured that joint projects will certainly be win-win cooperation for the companies and firms of both nations.
Reinhold Mitterlehner, for his part, expressed his joy with visiting Tehran as he called the metropolis a big and clean mega-city, feeling proud for having relations with Iran for hundreds of years.
The Austrian official reiterated that sanctions cannot block the ties with Tehran; despite the harms it afflicted the relations, the Vienna agreement of July 14 paved the way for reestablishing even stronger ties.
He also recounted that Iran and Austria are drafting a road map of trade cooperation till the year of 2020 with coming exchange of visits between Iranians and Austrians.
In the time of flourishing relations of Iran and Austria, we are determined to define win-win cooperation with Iran, said the Austrian official.