Mr. Ghalibaf met with many businessmen and traders living in Ethiopia.
He considered transportation issues to be one of the serious challenges in expanding economic relations between Iran and Africa, and said that international capabilities such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are important opportunities to develop economic cooperation. However, it is not being utilized properly, he added.
Considering the brutal sanctions imposed on Iran, Ghalibaf stressed that Ethiopia is a great opportunity for the economic development of other countries through BRICS.
During his visit to Ethiopia, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament will meet with government officials and discuss issues of strengthening bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
Ethiopia and Iran have strong cooperation in various fields such as trade, investment, tourism, and technology transfer.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Ghalibaf emphasized the need to leverage international capabilities, such as the BRICS group of emerging economies and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and said Iran’s active presence in these organizations , added that Iran has paved the right path for Iran to develop. Trade and economic cooperation with these countries.
He added that transportation issues are one of the serious challenges in expanding trade and economic relations with Africa.
The two countries have maintained formal diplomatic relations since 1950, and this visit will be a landmark diplomatic visit that will strengthen the historic bilateral relationship between the two countries.
An Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday for an official visit to Ethiopia.
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