TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) � Iran�s deputy has announced that 400 to 500 aeroplanes will be added to the country�s aviation fleet within eight years.


Speaking at a meeting with the Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Depyty Kai Mykk�nen�in Tehran, Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Road and Urban Development Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan said negotiations over plane purchase with Airbus and Boeing are still underway; �in case contracts to buy aircraft with ATR, Brazil and Canada become finalized, a total of 400 to 500 planes will furnish the Iranian fleet.�

�Iran�s demand for aircraft has created an excellent opportunity for European countries to enter into aviation deals with Iran,� he continued.

The official enumerated a number of areas for collaboration in marine, land, air and building sectors; �the Finnish have voiced readiness to bolster ties with Iran and they have agreed to present outcomes of bilateral ties in near future.�

�The European country has also called on Iran to connect its railway grid to Russia and later to Finland,� underlined Iran�s deputy roads minister.

By Mehr News Agency