During Lukashenko’s two-day stay in Tehran, the following announcement and eight cooperation agreements were signed after talks with high-ranking Iranian officials:
(1) An announcement signed by the Iranian and Belarusian presidents on expanding bilateral ties in which Lukashenko stated that Belarus supports Iran’s civilian nuclear program;
(2) An official agreement for oil and oil-related cooperation signed by the Iranian oil minister and the Belarusian first vice premier;
(3) A cooperation agreement for limiting the damage of natural disasters signed by the Iranian interior minister and the Belarusian minister of emergency situations;
(4) A cooperation agreement for state civil and penal codes signed by the Iranian and Belarusian justice ministers;
(5) A memorandum of understanding naming Tehran and Minsk sister cities signed by the mayors of the two capitals;
(6) A trade cooperation agreement signed by the Iranian commerce minister and the Belarusian trade minister;
(7) An official agreement for cooperation in the exchange of news signed by the directors of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) and the official news agency of Belarus;
(8) A media cooperation agreement signed by the Iranian foreign minister’s representative and the director of the Belarusian broadcasting organization; and
(9) A cooperation agreement between the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI) and the Belarusian standards organization signed by the directors of the two organizations.
Annual trade between Iran and Belarus currently stands at $40 million, but the deals will lift the figure to $350 million.
Iranian and Belarusian officials hope to boost bilateral trade to one billion dollars in the future.
SA/HG
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MNA
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