President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi and his Turkish counterpart Rifat Hisarciklioglu has underlined the need for a roadmap to give a boost to cooperation between the two chambers of commerce.

Selahvarzi and Hisarciklioglu met on the sidelines of the 35th meeting of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (ICCIA) in Baku on Monday.

Speaking in the meeting, the Iranian side said that Iran Chamber of Commerce is planning to form a working group for trade with Turkiye in different economic areas.

He voiced the readiness of Iran private sector to engage in further cooperation with regional countries, Turkiye in particular.

Selahvarzi invited his Turkish counterpart for a visit to Tehran in the near future to hold a trade and investment forum of the two countries with participation of businesspeople from both sides.   

He underlined the need for close engagements of the chambers of commerce of Iran and Turkiye within the framework of a four-year roadmap for further cooperation.

The president of the Union of Chambers and Community Exchanges of Turkiye (TOBB), for his part, welcomed the plans of Iran Chamber of Commerce for enhancement of cooperation and proposed that both chambers of commerce sign a memorandum of understanding on the roadmap for cooperation.

The two sides also agreed to do every effort to increase the level of bilateral trade, exchange trade information and cooperate to help lift hurdles on the way of trade.