Sputnik - The governor of Russia�s Republic of Tatarstan offered to supply Iran with ships, helicopters and petroleum products.


MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� The governor of�Russia�s Republic of�Tatarstan offered on�Wednesday to�supply Iran with�ships, helicopters and petroleum products, at�a meeting with�Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.


"We have a great potential for�cooperation. We can export trucks, buses, helicopters, ships, gas pumps, petroleum and pharmaceutical products to�Iran," Rustam Minnikhanov said, as�quoted by�his press office.


Minnikhanov is in�Iran on�a two-day working visit. Earlier in�the day, he attended a business forum in�Tehran and met with�several Iranian officials. On Thursday, he will travel to�Iran�s second most populous city of�Mashhad for�talks with�the governor of�the Razavi Khorasan province.

Tatarstan�s trade with�Iran reached $13.3 million in�2016, according to�Minnikhanov. The governor of�Russia�s oil and gas rich region said he saw space for�more growth in�bilateral trade, as�well as�for cooperation on�culture, science, education and tourism.