TEHRAN Roads and Transportation Minister Mahmoud Hojjati said here Monday that Iran and Bulgaria are ready to expand cooperation in the fields of housing and urban development.
Hojjati said at the inaugural session of the 12th Tehran-Sofia Joint Economic Commission that Iran is ready to promote cooperation with Bulgaria especially in the fields of quarantine and preservation of plants.
He proposed launching joint venture economic and industrial projects in a third country by making use of their idle capacities.
He said an agreement between Iran and Bulgaria in the field of banking would facilitate mutual trade. Iran is ready to sign a protocol with Bulgaria on customs cooperation, he added.
He expressed hope that problems relating to transit of livestock products through Bulgaria and granting visas to drivers would be settled.
The minister announced Iran's readiness for transit of Bulgarian goods to and from Central Asian republics in accordance with European and Asian tariffs.
He said that Iranian legal authorities have approved resumption of flights between Iran and Bulgaria. Tehran is ready to provide Bulgaria with port facilities to transfer its goods via northern and southern Iranian ports, he added.
(IRNA)