IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to France Ali Ahani says that Tehran-Paris relations have entered a new chapter.

After the July 2015 nuclear deal and the Jan 2016 visit of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Paris, a new period opened in bilateral relations of the two sides, Ahani said at Iran-France economic forum.

During the forum held in France’s city of Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, Ahani talked of Iran’s considerable economic capacities.

The diplomat said Iran is seeking a sustainable development through bilateral cooperation with the world countries.

He went on to say that Iran has prepared the political and economic grounds for facilitating the route to that end.

About Rouhani’s Paris visit, Ahani said the two sides inked more than 35 agreements on cooperation. After that, he noted, the first round of Iran-France joint economic commission was held in Jan, 2017, in Tehran.

The diplomat stressed the importance of removing the banking impediments to economic cooperation.

Mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux André Santini, who was present in the economic forum, said Iran is becoming more powerful in the global scene day by day.

Santini said France is determined to develop ties with Iran.

Holding the Iran-France economic forum in Issy-les-Moulineaux was an initiative undertaken by the mayor of the French city.