Iran, Ivory Coast stress development of trade ties

Tehran, Nov 15, IRNA – General Manager of the Ivory Coast Investment Promotion Centre Emmanuel Essis and Iran's Ambassador to Abidjan Mansour Shakibmehr underlined development of trade ties. During the meeting, The Iranian envoy said Iran is ready to develop ties with Ivory Coast in the fields of energy, auto industry, pharmaceutical and medical equipment, agriculture, and food industry. The General manager of the Ivory Coast investment promotion center for his part invited the Organization For Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran (OIETAI)'s top officials to visit the country to discuss economic cooperation. Ivory Coast has good potential for investment in the fields of electricity, informatics, mining, telecommunication, oil and pharmaceutical industry, the official added. He noted that Ivory Coast is ready to ink Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to develop ties. 1378/IRNA