BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

24/05/2008

Iran-Belarus 2nd joint commission wraps up

TEHRAN - The second Iran-Belarus Industry and Mine Joint Commission concluded on Thursday by signing co-op accords.

Iran-Belarus Industry and Mines Committee co-chaired by Iran's Minister of Industry and Mines and his Belarus counterpart opened its second meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on May 20.

Iranian industries and mines minister announced that the sides agreed to help each other boost their economy, cooperating in the fields of power plant construction, the production of agro equipment, extra-heavy mining machinery, micro-electronics, and optics technology.

Meanwhile, in a bid to facilitate trade and cooperation in manufacturing 2,000 intercity buses both sides agreed on accepting one another's national standards.

In the meet, Ali-Akbar Mehrabian conveyed a message from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Mehrabian visited Belarus at the invitation of Belarusian Minister of Industry Anatoliy Ruteskiy.

The Iranian and Belarus officials also discussed implementation of the agreements signed in the first Iran-Belarus Industry and Mines Committee held in Tehran.

This meeting was held for two days from May 20-22

Source:

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169349

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