Italian economy eager to cooperate with Iran: Ambassador
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Despite the difficulties hindering joint cooperation, the Italian economy is eager to cooperate with Iran, said Italian ambassador in Tehran Mauro Conciatori, IRNA reports.
Conciatori made the remarks during the opening ceremony of a
Joint Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce in Tehran where Gholam-Hossein
Shafei, the head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, was also
present.
As of November 5, the European companies will exactly know what
route to take in their cooperation with Iran, Conciatori said.
However, he noted that the Italian commercial sector and the
country’s negotiators have been making efforts from long ago to
consider ways for cooperation with Tehran.
On May 8, US President Donald Trump announced his country’s
unilateral withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal – a hard-won
multilateral agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.
Trump said Washington would impose two rounds of sanctions on
Tehran. The first round of sanctions was imposed in early August
and the second round is expected on November 4.
Officials at the Italian embassy are seeking cooperation with Iran
not only in Tehran, rather they are visiting different Iranian
provinces in a bid to find cooperation opportunities, the Italian
ambassador said.
Conciatori said that Italy supports Iran nuclear deal and the other
agreements reached.
The ambassador said that the European Union hopes that Iran will
pursue two issues: first of all abiding by the nuclear deal and
continuing to cooperate with UN nuclear agency and secondly
announcing final decision on reforming banking standards in
accordance with internationally-accepted standards and Financial
Action Task Force (FATF).
The head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, for his part, said that
other than Iran nuclear deal, the US president have also pulled out
of many other international accords and organizations, whose
measures have discredited the international mechanisms,
particularly the UN Security Council.
EU members’ reaction to the US measure and their effort to save
Iran nuclear deal was a true decision, Shafei said, adding that
Iran will do its best to remain committed to its pledges under the
pact.
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