MASHHAD, Khorasan Province Minister of Cooperative Morteza Haji said here Wednesday that his ministry will issue permits to open cooperative companies specializing on the dissemination of information and boosting public relations.
Addressing a nationwide gathering of directors general of the various cooperatives in this northeastern provincial capital city, Haji said that the permit will thus authorize cooperatives to enter into such activities as organizing conferences, disseminating information and gathering news for the press.
He said that the emphasis of the Leader and the president on the creation of jobs and improvement of people's living standards have raised the cooperative sector's burden of responsibility.
To accomplish its responsibilities, he further added, a suitable environment should be created that will attract foreign investment and investors into the country to provide the needed capital for opening and boosting industrial and manufacturing units.
He said the cooperative sector is approaching the stage of maturity, and that demands of the sector are gradually being met within the cooperatives themselves.
Meanwhile, the director general of the Khorasan branch of the Ministry of Cooperative said that 4,190 cooperatives are currently active in the province under 124 unions with 780,000 members.
The two-day gathering, which opened on Tuesday, is studying issues related to housing and development, data and information, planning, banking and economic facilities, formation and expansion of cooperatives and public investment absorption.
(IRNA)