In an opinion piece sent to the Islamic Republic News Agency on the eve of Raisi’s visit to three African countries on Tuesday, Amirabdollahian said that economic and trade potentials that exist in relations between Iran and African countries can create a platform for serving the interests of the two sides.
“Africa has been named the ‘continent of opportunities’ in the global political literature because of its high economic potentials,” said the minister.
He said Iran’s trade ties with Africa had increased significantly over the year to late March with the signing of nearly 50 cooperation agreements, adding that Iran and African countries had also held four intergovernmental cooperation committees and exchanged some 83 trade, economic, political and cultural delegations over the period.
Amirabdillahian said President Raisi’s visit to the three African countries would pave the way for a major rise in trade and economic relations between Iran and Africa, adding that the trip will provide an opportunity for Iran to increase its supply of home-grown technologies to the African countries.
The top Iranian diplomat said President Raisi is also planned to make a trip to South Africa in the near future as part of his policy to expand relations with countries in the region.
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