The ninth meeting of the Joint Economic Commission between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Zimbabwe

Following the holding of the Joint Economic Commission of Iran and Zimbabwe, the cooperation of the two countries in applied geology, exploration, mining and personnel training projects will be strengthened.

The ninth meeting of the Joint Economic Commission between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Zimbabwe began on February 1, 2023, and after holding meetings of various specialized committees, on February 5the afternoon, the document of the bilateral meeting was signed by the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Iran and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe.

 The meeting document mentions in the section of industrial and mineral understandings: "The Geological Survey of Iran is ready to cooperate with the Zimbabwe Geological Survey in the implementation of applied geology, exploration, mining and personnel training projects." It should be noted that at the signing ceremony of this memorandum, the Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Iran stated: The Geological Survey of Iran and the Geological Survey of Zimbabwe have reached good understandings on geological issues and mineral exploration.

It is worth noting that following the negotiations conducted by Ms. Hanieh Bakhshaee, director of the International Affairs Department of Geological Survey of Iran with Mr. Mazmo, director of strategic policy planning and supervision, and Mr. Delivio, a senior expert in mineral development of the Ministry of Mines and Mine Development of Zimbabwe, during the meeting and this country managers`expressing the willingness to initiate joint geological and mineral cooperation, it was agreed that the memorandum of understanding of cooperation between the Geological surveys of two countries of Iran and Zimbabwe would be finalized by the end of May 2023.

After all the two sides agreed that a detailed outline of the proposed topics in the field of geology and mineral exploration would be sent by the Geological Survey of Iran by February 10, 2023 to the Geological Survey of the Republic of Zimbabwe to finalize specialized proposals for the implementation of the projects after collecting geological and mineral data