News in Brief
Iran’s three-month exports to Armenia up
IRNA – The value of Iran’s exports to Armenia increased 38.4 percent in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) compared to the same period last year, announced the spokesman of the Trade Development Committee of the Iranian House of Industry, Mine, and Trade.
Rouhollah Latifi said that Iran exported 335,000 tons of commodities worth $101.747 million to Armenia in the three-month
period.
Tehran, Baku agree to complete Astarachay Bridge soon
IRNA – Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash and Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev agreed, in a telephone conversation, to complete the construction of Astarachay Bridge on the border river of Aras, and launch it within the next four months.
As the heads of the Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Committee, the officials stressed the need for the development of economic relations between the two countries.