Sanctioned Iran & Russia Plan More Trade Shows to Boost Ties

Iran and Russia signed an agreement to host more joint trade events and exhibitions in order to expand commercial and investment ties, Iran’s state TV news reported. Representatives of 70 Iranian and 300 Russian companies in 9 different sectors, including industry, technology, petrochemicals, medicine, food industry, etc., held face-to-face business meetings and negotiated with each other. A delegation of 70 Iranian businessmen and the management of the country’s main state-run exhibition center met Russian counterparts at the Expocentre in Moscow on Thursday, according to a report on the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network. - Mehr, Bloomberg