Kenya is keen on enhancing its trade volumes with Iran.
This morning,the Principal Secretary State Department for Agriculture Dr Kipronoh Ronoh Paul,CBS hosted H.E (Dr.) Ali Gholampour, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Kenya, who called on him in his office.
Their discussions centered on strengthening and expanding the bilateral relations between Kenya and Iran.They explored potential avenues for enhancing trade, particularly in agriculture in order to increase the export of Kenyan produce to Iran, like promoting the Kenyan tea and Coffee in the Iranian market.Iran has been a big importer of kenya tea overtime but trade stopped from 2021 following some challenges faced during trade businesses.The plan is to revive this market so as to address the current challenges the sector is facing on accumulation on unsold tea at our auction.They agreed on an urgent a trade visit to iran to conclude on the matter.This collaboration will help in delivering the agriculture value chain of our Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
Kenya strongly values the strong bilateral relations with Iran and looks forward to increased exchanges and strengthening of our mutual friendship.
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