Iranian Deputy Agriculture Minister Alireza Peyman-Pak, who has traveled to Kazakhstan on top of a trade delegation, said the two countries have targeted one billion dollars of trade exchanges in the agriculture and food industry sectors.
During their visit to Kazakhstan, the Iranian delegation attended two specialized business meetings for the introduction of new business and joint investment opportunities in Almaty and Astana, Mehr News Agency reported.
In the mentioned meetings, the two sides discussed the requirements for facilitating joint agriculture cooperation between the two countries.
Peyman-Pak also met and held talks with Kazakh officials including the country’s deputy prime minister, the minister of trade, the minister of agriculture, and the governor of Almaty, in which he introduced new opportunities for cooperation in various fields like exporting fruits, and vegetables, dairy, and aquatic products, as well as providing Iran’s needs for wheat and meat directly from Kazakhstan.
Solving the challenges faced by the two countries in the field of veterinary medicine, logistics, financial and banking relations as well as the guarantees related to commercial contracts centered on agricultural products and animal husbandry were also among the focal points of negotiations between Peyman-Pak and the Kazakh authorities.
The value of Iran’s non-oil export to Kazakhstan increased by 67 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-April 20), as compared to the first month of the past year—Tehran Times
