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Envoy: Iran, Russia to boost trade exchanges to $10bn

Mar 18, 2017, 6:22 PM
News ID: 12012

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaie estimated a considerable rise in the volume of trade exchanges between Tehran and Moscow.

“The transactions between Iran and Russia will reach $10 billion,” Sanaie said. 

The Iranian ambassador reiterated that the boost in trade relations between Iran and Russia has been more than Iran’s trade exchanges with any other country, IRNA reported. 

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak also pointed to his recent meeting with Iran’s Communications and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi in Moscow on Monday. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have met six times in Tehran, Moscow and on the sidelines of international meetings in different countries.