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| Tehran, Paris Seal Agreement on Guaranteeing Joint Ventures |
| 2003-05-12 |
| *Sigh* No mweeping from any surprise meters here... French Minister of States for Foreign Trade Francois Loos here Sunday said that Iran and France have reached an agreement to guarantee joint ventures, adding his country supports such an agreement between Iran and the European Union. Talking to the reporters, Loos said, the signature of the agreement will open a new phase in the bilateral ties. Paris will hold a solo exhibition in Iran next autumn, he said, adding his country is interested in the expansion of cooperation with Iran in the fields of oil, gas, auto manufacturing, power generation, and telecommunication. Iran-France trade balance stands at 2.2 billion euros, two-thirds of which constitute Iran's imports from France and the rest Iran's exports to France, he added. Touching the issue of the Airbus passenger planes already sold to Iran, he said, Paris is hopeful of finding a suitable way to supply them to Tehran, according to IRNA Persian Service. He added that there are already a number of Airbus planes among the Iranian passenger planes. We are trying to find some ways for the deal to be implemented, he said. |
| Posted by:Tadderly |
| #3 Key documents in the GWoT... Chiraq's Rolodex. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-05-12 18:16:14 |
| #2 How can the French not realize that this is the worst posible time to make deals with the soon-to-be-toppled mullahs? oh, I forget that Ayatollah Khomeini had his base in France while preparing the 1979 revolution... Maybe they think they'll be more successful in supporting the Iranian dictatorship than they were with the Iraqi one. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-05-12 15:21:39 |
| #1 How many times does France have to be on the losing side of a deal, before they learn their lesson?? Hussein, Mugabe, Iran...the list goes on. They are right up there with Saudi Arabia as a list of terrorist supporting nations... |
| Posted by: mjh 2003-05-12 14:30:51 |