Co-op with Iran valuable: Belgian official

Tehran, Nov 2, IRNA – The Managing Director of Flanders Investment and Trade said that cooperation with Iran is valuable for Belgium. Claire Tillekaerts who took a trip to Iran to participate in Iran-Belgium Trade Conference told IRNA that Iran enjoys a suitable scientific capability and prestigious researches have been done in Iran. Tillekaerts expressed interest in developing cooperation in infrastructural, medical, clean technologies and tourism fields. She referred to good relations between Iran and Belgium, saying that the trip aimed at bolstering economic cooperation which experienced fall due to the imposed sanctions on Iran. In related news, speaking in Iran-Belgium Trade Conference, the Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and trade Mojtaba Khosro Taj said on Monday that the trade exchange volume of Iran and Belgium is 300-400 million dollars per year and attempts should be made to boost the figure to over $1b. Iran-Belgium Trade Conference was held in the presence of 200 representatives of 140 Belgian firms on October 30 in Tehran. 1378/IRNA