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This week the great conference of Iran-North Caucasus cooperation will be held in Isfahan and simultaneously the joint economic cooperation commission will be held with the attendance of two Russian ministers and a 200-member delegation hosted by Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian. Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee said in a post on his Twitter page.
Earlier. Deputy Minister of Digital Development. Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mamonov said both countries enjoy various cooperation grounds in artificial intelligence and smart city fields.
He added that Iran and Russia are able to take advantage of their capacities in information technology and communication fields.
The 15th joint economic cooperation meeting of Iran and Russia will be held with the attendance of secretaries and members of work groups in Tehran on Sunday.
Last month. Ardakanian and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak. in a telephone conversation. examined the latest status of the joint projects of the two countries in areas of energy cooperation.
Iran has the highest number of oil deals with Russia for the development of its oil and gas fields.
Early in May. Iranian and Russian Foreign Ministers Mohammad Javad Zarif and Sergei Lavrov inked a document which eases visa issuance for the two countries` citizens.
The cooperation document was endorsed in a ceremony in Moscow on May 8.
After the ceremony. Lavrov said that the protocol will improve relations between the Iranian and Russian nations. specially the traders.
Tehran and Moscow have in recent years made efforts to further increase their economic and trade cooperation to confront the US sanctions against both nations.
In a relevant development late in April. Sanayee and Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Georgy Kalamanov in a meeting in Moscow explored avenues for widening of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
The two sides discussed cooperation in the field of auto-manufacturing. railroad and airplane manufacturing as well as issues on joint cooperation commission slated to be held in June.
Following the US withdrawal from JCPOA last year. cooperation between Iran and Russia has increased. as they both oppose the US unilateral policies against independent states.
Sanayee said late in February that the volume of trade between Iran and Russia had hit $500 million because of the two sides’ determination to boost interactions. adding that both Tehran and Moscow were after a higher volume of commercial exchanges.
