Iran-Georgia Keen To Expand Environmental Co-op

Baku, Aug 11, IRNA -- Iran’s Ambassador to Tbilisi Majid Saber conferred with Georgia’s Minister for Environment Protection George Khachidze and discussed ways to expand cooperation between the two countries in the environmental field. Both sides discussed bilateral cooperation, exchange of visits by Iranian and Georgian experts, as well as holding a meeting on environmental issues in September in Tbilisi. Majid Saber, called for expansion of bilateral cooperation in different environmental issues. He noted that Iran has potentials in the field of environment protection. George Khachidze, for his part, said that his country is ready to enhance cooperation in the field of environment protection with the Islamic Republic of Iran. He pointed out that cooperation between Georgia and Iran is improving in different areas./end