TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian stressed the necessity for the further broadening of cooperation with Bern, noting that the Swiss companies can help Iran boost its solar energy use.
"The Swiss firms can produce electricity from solar power plants and sell electricity to the neighboring states, including Afghanistan, using Iran's infrastructures," Ardakanian said in a meeting with Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Markus Leitner on Tuesday.
He further referred to other areas for cooperation between the two countries, including small hydroelectric power plants, water resources management, water desalination, water and sewage treatment, cooperation with the Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM) and management of border waters.
Leitner, for his part, emphasized his country's willingness to further increase mutual and regional cooperation with Tehran, and underscored the necessity for the development of any practical projects in Iran.
In relevant remarks in June, Leitner underlined the European countries' efforts to keep investment in Iran, adding that Bern will definitely continue nuclear cooperation with Tehran.
"Numerous measures have been adopted to maintain investment between Iran and Europe and you will witness results of these measures in the next few weeks," Leitner said.
He added that his country has always supported the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers and endeavors to keep it alive.
"We know that Iran has been committed to all its undertakings based on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s confirmation and we regret the US decision (to withdraw from the nuclear deal)," Leitner said.
Asked if nuclear cooperation between Tehran and Bern will continue, he said, "We have a roadmap which has been signed by the two countries' presidents in 2016 and includes cooperation in the field of nuclear safety. A number of meetings have been held between the relevant (nuclear) agencies and we rest assured that they will continue."
In September 2016, Iran and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost mutual cooperation in areas of civil nuclear safety
Poster Comment:
Independent Swiss don't pay attention to crazy Jew-directed sanctions.