Tehran – Samad Hassanzadeh, head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), left for Jordan on Saturday to attend the 39th board of directors meeting of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development.

The 39th board meeting and the 70th session of the chamber’s financial committee will convene in Amman on Sunday, with Hassanzadeh representing Iran.

The financial committee includes nine members from the chambers of commerce of Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

The board of directors comprises chambers from Azerbaijan, Chad, Djibouti, Guinea, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Turkey, Sudan, the UAE and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as an observer.

Under the chamber’s statute, board sessions are held twice a year.

The upcoming meeting will address the election of the board and president of the chamber for the next four-year term, Qatar’s proposal for a strategic development outlook modeled on the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the impact of such policies on trade and economic relations in Europe, comparisons with other international and regional chamber federations, broader cooperation with Palestine and its business community, the proposal to mark the chamber’s 50th anniversary, and the timing and venue of the next meeting.

Hassanzadeh is accompanied by Mohammadreza Karbasi, director general of the Islamic Chamber Research and Information Center (ICRIC), and Sabah Zanganeh, ICRIC board member and former Iranian representative to the Organization of Islamic Conference.

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