Poland Willing to Cooperate with Iran's Nat'l Tanker Company

Poland Willing to Cooperate with Iran's Nat'l Tanker Company

"In my meeting with Managing Director of Poland's Ciech Trading Company Tomasz Grzela he voiced his company's willingness to invest in the field of transport of oil and gas products by sea," NITC Managing Director Cyrus Kian Erthi said on Thursday.

"Grzela said that his company is ready for joint investment with NITC in different sectors like bunkering, carrying petrochemical products and liquefied natural gas (LNG)," Kian Erthi added.

Grzela proposed that a joint venture company to be established for development of cooperation between the two companies.

Kian Erthi, meantime, reiterated that NITC is ready for cooperation with Polish companies in different fields of shipping and transporting oil and gas products.

He said that Iran is ready to have mutual cooperation with Poland in the sector of transportation o LNG.

Kian Erthi also welcomed proposal of Grzela to establish a joint venture company.

In relevant remarks in late May, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło in a meeting in Warsaw underlined the need for broadening of mutual cooperation, specially in economic and trade fields.

During a meeting in the Polish capital on Monday night, Zarif and Szydlo explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating bilateral ties.

The Iranian foreign minister pointed to the historical relations between Iran and Poland, and said, "The presence of a large economic delegation accompanying me during the visit to Poland shows the importance that Tehran attaches to establishing ties with Poland's private sector."

Zarif, meantime, called for cooperation between Iran and Poland in areas of nanotechnology, biotechnology, telecommunication, dairy production and auto industry.

"If Iran and Poland establish banking relations and insurance for joint ventures, the two countries can quickly implement their trade agreements," the Iran foreign minister said.

The Polish prime minister, for her part, mentioned Iranians' hospitality for Polish refugees during the Second World War, and said, "Warsaw is keen to enhance all-out ties with Iran."

She reiterated that diversifying the sources of energy and scientific cooperation are on the agenda of her government.

The Polish prime minister also expressed her satisfaction over the presence of an Iranian business delegation in Poland and called for increasing of cooperation with Iran in areas of economy and agriculture.

Iran and Poland signed three cooperation documents on expansion of economic ties during Zarif's stay in Warsaw.

Source:Fars