[NYTr] Iran Interested in Broadening Trade Relations with Cuba

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Iran Interested in Broadening Trade Relations with Cuba

Havana, Jul 23 (acn) Iran's Trade Minister, Sayed Masoud Mir Kasemi, 
said his country is interested in expanding commercial exchange with 
both Cuba and Venezuela.

In statements to the press, Mir Kasemi said that Iran's largest 
commercial partner in Latin America is Venezuela and that Iran would 
like to expand trade with Cuba to reach those same levels. The Iranian 
trade minister announced the signing of deal for duty preferences that 
will benefit both Cuba and his country. He said experts from the two 
sides are working on a list of products to be included in the agreement.

Mir Kasemi and his delegation arrived in Cuba on Sunday for a five-day 
work visit. The group met Monday with the Cuban minister for Foreign 
Trade.

Mir Kasemi is the second Iranian minister to travel to Havana in less 
than a month, after a June visit from Industry and Mining Minister Ali 
Reza Tahmasbi who attended the 12th Session of the Intergovernmental 
Economic and Scientific and Technical Commission held in Havana.