Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Abbas Ali-Abadi, and Russian Deputy Industry Minister for Aviation Industry Andrey Boginsky met on the other day to discuss ways of cooperation between the two counties in the aviation sector, Mehr News Agency reported.
Speaking at the meeting, Ali-Abadi said the transportation industry is considered a very important and strategic industry in the world, and in this field, especially the aviation industry, some countries have tried to create a monopoly.
The minister underlined the importance of technological development in the transportation industry as a strategic issue, noting that “Today, Russia and Iran have understood the significance of this issue more than any other country because they bear a lot of political pressure from the countries holding the technology.”
He stated that there have been very good negotiations between Iran and Russia in the aviation industry during the last year, but there is a need to speed up the development of cooperation in this area.
“Over the past year, I had two important meetings with the senior officials of Russia and the two sides have paid several visits to each other’s’ facilities in this industry, after which the basic cooperation between the two countries was supposed to begin,” Ali-Abadi said.
The official further emphasized that Iran and Russia have a high potential for joint economic cooperation in the aviation industry.—Tehran Times
