Iran ends 40-year ITC absence

Tehran, Iran | May 19, 2007 by D-8 Secretariat

Iran participated in the International Trade Center (ITC) Conference after 40 years, Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) reported here on Saturday.

Attended by representatives of 130 developed and developing countries, the three-day conference was held in the Swiss capital Geneva.

Representing Iran in the meet, Mohammadreza Izadian said the participating parties discussed ITC’s plans, developing states’ exports, and their national, regional, and international policies.

The strategies on Africa, oil exporting countries, and exports of Asia-Pacific, Latin America, East Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and the Caribbean were among the topics, he added.

Izadian said that the directors general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), ITC, and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) delivered speeches.

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