Brazil allocates US$1.2 bln to boost ties with Iran

World
Europe

Brazil has allocated 1.2 billion US dollars for boosting economic cooperation with Iran, the Brazilian ambassador to Tehran said on Sunday, according to Tasnim news agency.

Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos announced Brasilia's preparedness to continue economic cooperation with Tehran even after US energy and banking sanctions are re-imposed on the Islamic republic in November.

Santos made the remarks at a meeting attended by the head of Iran-Brazil Chamber of Commerce, Kaveh Zargaran, and some other high-ranking officials in Tehran on Sunday.

The credit line will be opened by the Brazilian Development Bank, he said, adding that Brazilian and Iranian officials are in talks to implement the agreement.

In July, the European Union (EU) established an 80 billion US dollar fund to give credit to small and medium-sized enterprises doing business with Iran.

European authorities were interested in resisting US restrictions on cooperation between European countries and Iran, said Mohammad-Hossein Adeli, former secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

According to Adeli, who was the governor of Iran's central bank from 1989 to 1994, the Iranian companies could also apply for loans and budget from the fund.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency