Tehran, Athens sign transportation MoU
By Trend
An official with Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation
Organization (RMTO) said Tehran and Athens have signed a memorandum
of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation in the field
of transportation.
The cooperation document was inked after a two-day summit between
Iran and Greece on road maintenance and transportation wrapped up
recently, Reza Nafisi added on May 19, IRNA news agency
reported.
According to the terms of the MoU, the two sides would help
facilitate transportation services between the two countries by
removing any exiting obstacles, he added.
Nafisi said Tehran and Athens are also ready to boost their
cooperation in the sectors of intelligent transportation system
(ITS) and road safety.
He said the agreement would help the two countries’ drivers and
businesspeople easily travel to Tehran and Athens and raise their
volume of exports and imports.
Iran exported more than €1.26 billion worth of goods to Greece in
2017, indicating a 68.8% surge compared with that of the previous
year.
Iran’s imports from the European country during the same period
amounted to nearly €32.1 million, showing a 5.86% rise
year-on-year.
Iran-Greece trade stood at over €1.29 billion last year,
registering a 66.33% YOY growth. This makes Greece Iran’s sixth
biggest trade partner from among the 28 member states of the
European Union in 2017 after Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the
Netherlands in a descending order.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was the first western leader to
visit Iran after the lifting of international sanctions against
Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program.
"Greece will become an energy, economic and trade bridge between
Iran and European Union," Tsipras said in Tehran in February
2016.
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