Majidreza Hariri mentioned in 1402, key components of the 25-year strategic partnership treaty between Iran and China might be carried out and their commerce delegations will begin visits to the 2 nations provided that China has put an finish to its coverage of maintaining in place a Covid-related quarantine.
Hariri added that China accounts for 31 p.c of the Iranian non-oil exports.
He mentioned the latest assembly between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Chinese language counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing gave a momentum to bilateral ties and now Chinese language firms are focused on increasing ties with Iran.
Hariri referred to Xi’s announcement throughout his assembly with Raisi that China all the time views Iran as a everlasting good friend and commerce companion, noting that the feedback despatched a constructive message relating to ties with Tehran.
Iran and China have been increasing their commerce ties in recent times regardless of harsh western sanctions on Tehran, most notable by the US.
In keeping with official figures launched by the Chinese language customs group, China’s commerce with Iran amounted to $14.76bn in 2021.
The figures additionally present that the commerce quantity of Tehran and Beijing rose by $15.79mn in 2022, which interprets right into a 7 p.c progress.
