[NYTr] Iran Interested in Broadening Trade Relations with Cuba Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:27:37 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listinfo/ingles 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. * ================================================================ .NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems . Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us . .339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org .List Archives: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ .Subscribe: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ================================================================