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Iran Interested in Broadening Trade Relations with Cuba

Havana, Jul 23 (acn) Iran's Trade Minister, Sayed Masoud Mir Kasemi,
said his country is interested in expanding commercial exchange with
both Cuba and Venezuela.

In statements to the press, Mir Kasemi said that Iran's largest
commercial partner in Latin America is Venezuela and that Iran would
like to expand trade with Cuba to reach those same levels. The Iranian
trade minister announced the signing of deal for duty preferences that
will benefit both Cuba and his country. He said experts from the two
sides are working on a list of products to be included in the agreement.

Mir Kasemi and his delegation arrived in Cuba on Sunday for a five-day
work visit. The group met Monday with the Cuban minister for Foreign
Trade.

Mir Kasemi is the second Iranian minister to travel to Havana in less
than a month, after a June visit from Industry and Mining Minister Ali
Reza Tahmasbi who attended the 12th Session of the Intergovernmental
Economic and Scientific and Technical Commission held in Havana.

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