News in Brief
CBI says foreign debt shrinks
CBI – Iran’s foreign debt at the end of the fourth Iranian month (July 22, 2023) decreased by $1.576 billion compared to a year earlier, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced.
According to the CBI’s report, the total foreign debt of the country stood at $5.597 billion on July 22.
The foreign debt of the country in July 2022 stood at $7.173 billion, CBI added.
Trade with EAEU tops $4b in seven months
TASNIM – The value of trade between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-October 22) reached $4.258 billion.
In the said period, Iran exported $922 million worth of products to EAEU member states and imported $3.33 billion of non-oil goods from those countries, according to the latest statistics.
Tehran, Dushanbe to foster agricultural cooperation
IRNA – Iran and Tajikistan stressed strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of water, soil and agriculture as well as modern irrigational systems.
Speaking at a meeting with the Tajik delegation on the sidelines of the 25th Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID), Iran’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Water and Soil Affairs Safdar Niyazi Shahraki reiterated that the two countries have rolled up their sleeves for expanding bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture.
Given that the International Drainage Workshop will be held in Tajikistan next year, cooperation between Iran and Tajikistan should also expand in this field, he said.