Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami arrived in Turkmenistan`s capital Ashgabat on Tue. at the head of a high-ranking economic delegation for participating in the 15th Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Economic Commission.
According to the scheduled program. Eslami will meet and hold talks with Turkmenistan`s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. minister of industry. communications and transport and also the host country`s industrialists.
In an expert-level meeting held previously in Ashgabat. the two sides agreed to expand the volume of their economic and political ties.
On the sidelines of the Commission. a 70-member delegation. comprised of businesspersons from Iran Chamber of Commerce. Industries. Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA). will follow up on expansion of economic relations with Turkmenistan`s private sector.
The Iranian Roads Minister Eslami is accompanied by a number of members of the Parliament. Deputy Oil Ministry for Intl. Affairs Amir Zamaninia. Vice Chairman of ICCIMA Hossein Salahvarzi and Deputy Ministry of Roads Shahram Adamnejad.