Members of the Iranian Parliament have voted to avoid double taxation in trade between Iran and Switzerland, which is expected to boost bilateral economic ties.
Iranian Labour News Agency
Members of the Iranian Parliament have voted to avoid double taxation in trade between Iran and Switzerland, which is expected to boost bilateral economic ties.
Head of Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce says the trade between Iran and Switzerland has grown 100 percent, adding that with reducing tax, this volume will definitely increase.
The head of the Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce announced that the increase in the transactions of agricultural and medical products has been the main reason behind the rise in the bilateral trade of Iran and Switzerland.
The Swiss health ministry is negotiating with twenty countries, including Iran, to buy the coronavirus vaccine, and has established ‘special contacts’ in this regard.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that hundred-year-old diplomatic relations between Iran and Switzerland are indicative of the strength of their communications.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday conferred with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on ways to develop ties and cooperation on regional issues.
Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis on Sunday said that Iran and Swiss have fostered mutual respect for 100 years.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iran expects Switzerland to protest the US illegal actions against Iran including the US inhumane sanctions.
A senior trade official in Switzerland has said that the country’s newly-launched Switzerland meant to bring humanitarian items to Iran would guarantee that Tehran receives some of the badly-needed medicines whose delivery have been hampered by the American sanctions on the country.
The US has released Iranian stem cell scientist Masoud Soleimani and handed him over to Iranian officials in Switzerland, which has apparently mediated another prisoner swap between Tehran and Washington.