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Iranian Ambbadador Maleki, delivering his speech
Dr. Nosratollah Maleki, Ambbadador of the Republic of Iran to Ghana, announced that in 2018, Ghana would have exported some $ 52 million worth of goods to Iran, while it would receive goods. worth about $ 7 million.
He stressed the need to increase trade between Iran and Ghana this year and beyond.
Up to now, he said, economic relations between the two countries grew by 127% in 2018 and it was a great success.
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In his address on the occasion of the celebration of the Iranian National Day and the 40th anniversary of the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution, he noted that many things had happened during his tenure Ambbadador during the past year and much more. as regards trade between Iran and Ghana.
He added that Iran was a country dependent on oil, but that it currently exported various services and industrial, agricultural, technical and technical products.
The Ambbadador pointed out that the Agricultural and Rural Development Unit (ARD) was developing its activities in some parts of the country in order to help farmers to use modern agricultural technologies, particularly in the area of agriculture. field of rice cultivation.
In August 2018, he said that Shirin Asal's President Food Industry Group and the Ghanaian Minister of Agriculture had signed an agreement for the creation of a cocoa processing company with a capacity of 300,000 tonnes, destined to produce chocolate for local and international markets.
Mr. Maleki announced that in January 2019, the Embbady had received a delegation of 13 members of the Arak Chamber of Commerce to study trade and business opportunities in Ghana. Some of the Iranian farmers have been settled on the ground and are cultivating different agricultural products here in Ghana, he added.
He was pleased to note that currently women play a large role in Iran as Vice-Presidents, Ministers, Members of Parliament and, for example, ambbadadors to Finland, Malaysia and Brunei, diplomats and others. positions.
Excellent diplomatic relations
Iran and Ghana have excellent diplomatic relations and said: "I think it is necessary to mention and defend the name and remembrance of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
The ambbadador announced that Iran and Ghana had held their sixth joint commission, during which several memoranda of understanding had been signed.
Regarding science and technology, Iran is the first country in the region and ranks sixth in the world for knowledge production, adding that the number of Iranian university students is four million and that Iran has more than 2,700 universities.
In the field of health, he said that Iran was the most modern kidney transplant country, ranking second in the field of bone marrow transplantation and ranked in the top five countries in the world. stem cell material.
"We have made great strides in the industrial and mining, ocean and shipbuilding, nanotechnology and nuclear and space industries," he said.
The Iranian government has, over the past two years, offered more than 60 scholarships to various Ghanaian students in Iranian universities.
Important player
As a major player in the Middle East and the Non-Aligned Movement, he stressed that Iran has always maintained good peaceful relations with its neighbors and with all other countries bilaterally, regional and international, despite the persistent crisis created by those sponsoring terrorist groups and activities.
Iran, he noted, has always fought against terrorism internally and externally.
He stated that Iran was one of the biggest victims of terrorism and that he was leading a major war on terror in the region, especially against ISIS in Iraq and in Iraq. Syria, at the official request of the legitimate governments of both countries.
Islamic Revolution
Acting on the revolution, he said that the Islamic Revolution of 1979 had brought Iran to obtain valuable results in the political, social, scientific and economic fields, under the leadership of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, guide Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Despite all the ups and downs, the war imposed for eight years and the unjust sanctions imposed on his country, he said that the Islamic Republic of Iran had made efforts and made important progress in various fields. .
Attending the anniversary were State Ministers and their deputies, members of parliament, ambbadadors and members of the diplomatic corps, eminent chiefs and imams, and members of the Iranian community.
Ambbadador Maleki prayed for the success and well-being of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana.
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