MASHHAD – The governor general of northeastern Khorassan Razavi Province here on Sunday called for the expansion of trade ties with the Varazdin Province of Croatia.

Meeting a delegation from Varazdin, Mohammad-Javad Mohammadi stated Khorassan Province is the shortest and safest way to Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent due to its 800-km joint borderline with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
He added that the province has great potentials in the fields of food industry, mines and mining, cement, and steel.