INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives, and Social Welfare has announced its readiness to expand economic relations with African
ministerial official, said on Saturday at a forum held for discussing the first Iran-Burundi Joint Economic Committee meeting, Dolat.ir, the
government's official portal, reported.Speaking at the gathering, Forouzan pointed to the approach adopted by his ministry to develop and
boost cooperation with African states and added that seven cooperation documents were inked between Iran and Burundi after the visit of the
president of Burundi to Iran.These cooperation documents were inked in various areas including visa issuance, agricultural, mutual support
of investment opportunities between the two governments, trade, healthcare, and medical treatment as well as technical - vocational training
services, he emphasized.A significant part of Burundi's revenues comes from the agricultural sector, he said; adding that the extraction of
diamonds in the country is one of the most important subjects that lay the ground for Iran's further cooperation with this African country
in the field of processing diamond.Petrochemical products, foodstuff and edibles, medical equipment, road construction machinery and
construction industries are the main products needed to be imported to this African state so that the Islamic Republic of Iran enjoys high
countries, more effective steps must be taken in order to expand trade relations with these countries in relevant fields," he
