12 April 2009
Iran is ready to export and transit grain from Kazakhstan, Commerce Minister Massoud Mirkazemi said during a meeting with Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Akylbek Kurishbaev, Kazakhstan Today agency reported.
According to the press service, during the meeting, Kurishbaev said that if construction of the grain terminal in Amirabad Port finishes this year, Kazakhstan will have an opportunity for export of grain to Iran and transit through Iran to the Arab countries.
Mirkazemi emphasized, "During crisis we need to develop the Kazakhstan-Iranian trade and economic relations."
He expressed Iran's readiness in export and transit of Kazakhstan grain and participation in investment projects of Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, Morocco said it will continue to import crude oil from Iran despite differences with Tehran, says the head of the African country's oil refiner.
"We haven't received any government instructions to stop buying oil from Iran, and shipments are proceeding as usual," Jamal Ba-Amer, chief executive officer of Societe Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie du Raffinage told IRNA at the company's headquarters in Mohammedia.
Iran's oil accounted for about 26 percent of Morocco's oil imports in 2008. The North African country imported 5.5 million metric tons of crude last year for a cost of 31 billion dirhams ($3.7 billion).
Iran is ready to export and transit grain from Kazakhstan, Commerce Minister Massoud Mirkazemi said during a meeting with Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Akylbek Kurishbaev, Kazakhstan Today agency reported.
According to the press service, during the meeting, Kurishbaev said that if construction of the grain terminal in Amirabad Port finishes this year, Kazakhstan will have an opportunity for export of grain to Iran and transit through Iran to the Arab countries.
Mirkazemi emphasized, "During crisis we need to develop the Kazakhstan-Iranian trade and economic relations."
He expressed Iran's readiness in export and transit of Kazakhstan grain and participation in investment projects of Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, Morocco said it will continue to import crude oil from Iran despite differences with Tehran, says the head of the African country's oil refiner.
"We haven't received any government instructions to stop buying oil from Iran, and shipments are proceeding as usual," Jamal Ba-Amer, chief executive officer of Societe Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie du Raffinage told IRNA at the company's headquarters in Mohammedia.
Iran's oil accounted for about 26 percent of Morocco's oil imports in 2008. The North African country imported 5.5 million metric tons of crude last year for a cost of 31 billion dirhams ($3.7 billion).
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