Tunisia seeks brokerage ties with Iran banks

The Tunisian ambassador has said Tunisian banks are interested in setting up brokerage relations with Iranian banks to facilitate trade cooperation, AVA Diplomatic reports.

The Tunisian official made the comments in a meeting with the director of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran in Tehran.

He also said Iran is the only country with which Tunisia has set up joint economic trade commission, emphasizing that trade ties between the two countries would improve in near future.

Qazi bin Salih also said his country planned to import cars from Iran; “a Tunisian trade delegation will travel to Iran later this year to discuss the issue.”

The Director of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Valliaollah Afkhamirad, for his part, said Tehran seeks to increase trade volume with Tunisia; “last year the trade volume between the two countries stood at $30mn; while it has increased compared to its previous year, it is still too far from the true capacities of both countries.”

He referred to the signing of an MoU regarding the two countries’ handicrafts, adding the MoU was awaiting the approval of the Tunisian Parliament to be implemented.

The two sides also discussed ways of speeding up the implementation of a preferential trade agreement signed between Tehran and Tunis.