Envoy: Iran-Germany Ties Strengthened after Nuclear Deal

German Ambassador to Tehran Michael Klor-Berchtold expressed pleasure that the 2015 nuclear deal has helped further broadening of relations between Iran and Germany, especially in scientific fields, AVA Diplomatic reports.

“Our relations have strengthened in all fields, especially in the field of sciences, after the nuclear deal,” Klor-Berchtold said, addressing the inauguration ceremony of an Iran-Germany scientific forum in Tehran on Tuesday.

He referred to the autumn visit by the German deputy training and research minister to Iran, and said, “The two countries started abundant activities to establish joint cooperation and now is the time for taking practical steps in scientific cooperation.”

In a relevant development earlier this month, Head of Iran’s Department of Environment Issa Kalantari and Klor-Berchtold in a meeting in Tehran underlined the need for the expansion of mutual cooperation in the field of environment.

“We are facing a lot of environmental problems. Especially in the area of water, our country is facing numerous problems and to tackle these challenges we are required to make serious decisions,” Kalantari said during the meeting in the Iranian capital.

He also touched upon the challenge of polluted air in Iranian megacities and metropolises and ascertained that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes technological interaction in the field of manufacturing environmentally-friendly means of public transportation.

Sharing knowledge and experience in the field of environment preservation and conservation was another field Kalantari called for Germans’ help.

During this meeting the German diplomat voiced his country’s readiness to expand environmental cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Klor-Berchtold also voiced disappointment over US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, forged in 2015 for nations to band together to slash global carbon emissions.