Thursday, September 16, 2010

Iranians now in Colombo, keenly eyeing maritime agenda



By Joseph Thavaraja | Asian Tribune
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The delegation led by Iranian Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari which is now in Colombo is keenly looking for maritime ties with Colombo port.

They will be looking to sign no less than 6 MoUs on ‘customs’ and ‘acceptance of each other’s maritime certificates’. The Iranian delegation will also propose to link Colombo port as a ‘sister port’ to Shahid Rajaei new port located in the historic port of Bandar Abbas.


Iranian Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari has also announced in Colombo that the trade value between Iran and Sri Lanka has surpassed US $ one billion.

The 9th Joint Economy and Trade Cooperation Committee meeting between held in Colombo, ended Tuesday (14).

© Asian Tribune


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