via Khmer NZ
2010-09-04
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Accredited Ambassador to Cambodia Seyed Javad Qavam Shahidi met with senior Cambodian officials and discussed ways to boost mutual cooperation.
Commenting on the details of his meeting, Qavam Shahidi said on Saturday that Cambodia is keen on fostering bilateral ties with Iran in various fields.
The Iranian diplomat added that he met with Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hor Namhong, Minister of the Office of the Council of Ministers Sok An and Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem.
During the meetings, he state, the two sides conferred on ways to raise the level of trade cooperation, increase investments and promote cooperation in oil, gas, technical, engineering and political fields.
Earlier in August, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced that Iran and Cambodia plan to further boost their political, economic and diplomatic cooperation.
"As regards trade, we agreed to bring Tehran-Phnom Penn relations into a new era through holding national fairs in each other's countries, active participation in the two countries' international fairs, and reciprocal meetings between the two counties' chambers of commerce and ministries of commerce," Mottaki stated, speaking at a press conference after his meeting Namhong here in Tehran on August 10.
Mottaki said that he and his Cambodian counterpart had also agreed to work on tourism as a main agenda for the expansion of ties.
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