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TOP IRANIAN PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON TIES WITH TURKEY
Orumiyeh
Oct 28 2010
Iran
Governor-General of Iran's West Azarbayjan Province Jalalzadeh has
welcomed decisions to further improve economic and cultural ties
between Iran and Turkey's border regions, provincial state-run TV
reported on 28 October.
Speaking live at the "Special report" programme broadcast by the West
Azarbayjan TV, Jalalzadeh said that 28 documents on cooperation were
signed in a session in Orumiyeh. The documents are aimed at developing
ties between Iran's West Azarbayjan and Turkey's Agri, Kars, Van,
Hakkari and Igdir provinces, he added. "Most important of them were
documents on the establishment of direct flights between Orumiyeh and
Van, the upgrading of the Sero customs checkpoint and the completion of
the Khoy-Razi road," the governor general said. He noted that the two
sides also agreed to hold conferences on the investment opportunities
and establish a joint company.
Jalalzadeh stressed that the province shares 968 km of the common
borders with Turkey, the Azerbaijani Republic and Armenia. Referring
to the will of the Iranian and Turkish leaders to bolster mutual
relations, he noted that the two sides are working on the establishment
of the second free trade zone.
Jalalzadeh said that such agreements are signs of the failure
of the Western Iranphobia policies to isolate Tehran. He went on
to say that traders attending the session in Orumiyeh would act as
Iran's ambassadors encouraging more investments in our country. "While
visiting Tehran, the Egyptian foreign minister [Ahmad Ali Abu-al-Ghayt]
told our foreign minister Mr Mottaki that Iran does not need for
political activities to propagate itself. It is enough to arrange tours
along Tehran for foreign officials to show how beautiful capital you
have," Jalalzadeh highlighted.
He added that thanks to the sanctions, Iran was able to save petrol
consumption and reach self-sufficiency in fuel. The governor-general
described frequent visits to neighbouring countries as ways of boosting
economic ties and breaching sanctions. In this regard, he said that
next week, he would visit Armenia and then will host the head of the
parliament of Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomic Republic, as well as
conferences with Turkish investors to be organized in Iran and Turkey.
[translated from Persian]
From: A. Papazian
TOP IRANIAN PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON TIES WITH TURKEY
Orumiyeh
Oct 28 2010
Iran
Governor-General of Iran's West Azarbayjan Province Jalalzadeh has
welcomed decisions to further improve economic and cultural ties
between Iran and Turkey's border regions, provincial state-run TV
reported on 28 October.
Speaking live at the "Special report" programme broadcast by the West
Azarbayjan TV, Jalalzadeh said that 28 documents on cooperation were
signed in a session in Orumiyeh. The documents are aimed at developing
ties between Iran's West Azarbayjan and Turkey's Agri, Kars, Van,
Hakkari and Igdir provinces, he added. "Most important of them were
documents on the establishment of direct flights between Orumiyeh and
Van, the upgrading of the Sero customs checkpoint and the completion of
the Khoy-Razi road," the governor general said. He noted that the two
sides also agreed to hold conferences on the investment opportunities
and establish a joint company.
Jalalzadeh stressed that the province shares 968 km of the common
borders with Turkey, the Azerbaijani Republic and Armenia. Referring
to the will of the Iranian and Turkish leaders to bolster mutual
relations, he noted that the two sides are working on the establishment
of the second free trade zone.
Jalalzadeh said that such agreements are signs of the failure
of the Western Iranphobia policies to isolate Tehran. He went on
to say that traders attending the session in Orumiyeh would act as
Iran's ambassadors encouraging more investments in our country. "While
visiting Tehran, the Egyptian foreign minister [Ahmad Ali Abu-al-Ghayt]
told our foreign minister Mr Mottaki that Iran does not need for
political activities to propagate itself. It is enough to arrange tours
along Tehran for foreign officials to show how beautiful capital you
have," Jalalzadeh highlighted.
He added that thanks to the sanctions, Iran was able to save petrol
consumption and reach self-sufficiency in fuel. The governor-general
described frequent visits to neighbouring countries as ways of boosting
economic ties and breaching sanctions. In this regard, he said that
next week, he would visit Armenia and then will host the head of the
parliament of Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Autonomic Republic, as well as
conferences with Turkish investors to be organized in Iran and Turkey.
[translated from Persian]
From: A. Papazian