November 23, 2010

Iran to establish dairy plant in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Iran this week to negotiate a variety of issues such as import of chemical fertilisers from Iran and construction of a dairy product plant in Zimbabwe that is supposed to be implemented by Iran.

"It is heartening that Zimbabwe has improved from political and economic points of view, and the existing capabilities and potentials manifest the growing trend in Zimbabwe," Iranian Minister of Cooperatives, Mohammad Abbasi said, reiterating the need for further expansion and pursuing a close cooperation trend between I.R of Iran and Republic of Zimbabwe.

The Foreign Minister of Zimbabwe, for his part, noted that his country enjoys a promising and prosperous level of agriculture and is an exporter of agro-products and said, "The government of Zimbabwe is interested in reinforcement and development of relations, particularly economic relations, with Islamic Republic of Iran and within the framework of the MoUs, and spares no effort to fully implement such agreements."