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Third EURASIA Expo International Exhibition will be held at Tehran Central Exhibition Complex from 21 to 24 February. Iran has an observer status in the Russian-lead Eurasian Economic Union since last December.
The event will bring together representatives of the Eurasian Economic Union's (EAEU) countries: Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Iran.
Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref will attend the opening ceremony on 21 February, according to BRICS TV.
The event will cover key sectors including agriculture, engineering, construction, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals. According to Iranian Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade Seyed Mohammad Atabak, the exhibition is an excellent platform for the development of trade with EAEU countries.
The business programme includes plenary sessions, panel discussions and bilateral negotiations. The meetings will discuss trade relations between Tehran and the EAEU and the free trade agreement, banking sector, logistics, customs regulation and investment cooperation.
The Iran-Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement promises to eliminate tariffs for 87% of traded goods.
It is expected that this event will contribute to the strengthening of economic ties between the states and the development of industrial cooperation. Among the main objectives are to create conditions for interaction at the level of industry associations, to develop effective business support mechanisms, as well as to exchange data on the needs of customers and suppliers.
Storm Leonardo hit Spain and Portugal on Tuesday, forcing more than 11,000 people from their homes, as a man in Portugal died after his car was swept away by floodwaters and a second body was found in Malaga.
Winter weather has brought air travel in the German capital to a complete halt, stranding thousands of passengers as severe icing conditions make runways and aircraft unsafe for operation and force authorities to shut down one of Europe’s key transport hubs.
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shiite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before detonating a suicide bomb that killed at least 31 people in the deadliest assault of its kind in the capital in more than a decade.
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Greek authorities said they have arrested a member of the armed forces on suspicion of leaking highly sensitive military information to foreign handlers allegedly linked to China.
Türkiye’s national energy company, TPAO, has struck a new cooperation deal with U.S. energy giant Chevron, signing a memorandum of understanding to explore joint oil and gas exploration and production opportunities, the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry announced on Thursday.
Wall Street ended sharply lower on Tuesday as investors worried about artificial intelligence (AI) creating more competition for software makers, keeping them on edge ahead of quarterly reports from Alphabet and Amazon later this week.
U.S. stock markets finished mixed on Wednesday (28 January) as investors reacted calmly after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, a decision that had been widely expected and largely priced in.
The S&P 500 edged to a record closing high on Tuesday, marking its fifth consecutive day of gains, as strong advances in technology stocks offset a sharp selloff in healthcare shares and a mixed batch of corporate earnings.
Chevron is in talks with Iraq’s oil ministry over potential changes to the commercial framework governing the West Qurna 2 oilfield, one of the world’s largest producing assets, after Baghdad nationalised the field earlier this month following U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia’s Lukoil.
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