According to PGPIC, Iran's largest company
hosted a delegation consisting of the president and members of the Federal
Association for the Support of German Economy and Foreign Trade, Iran's
ambassador to Germany Mahmoud Farazandeh, head of the German desk in Iran's
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ehsan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, a member of the
Islamic Council.
In this meeting, which was held with the aim
of cooperation in the production of petrochemical products, facilities and
equipment, and the revival and expansion of relations between the two countries
in the petrochemical industry, Mahmoud Farazandeh, Iran's ambassador to
Germany, referring to the 20-year history of this association with 1,300
companies as members, said: “The Federal Association for the Support of German
Economy and Foreign Trade, which is represented in more than 70 countries, is
cooperating with the world's largest companies, and this is the first trip of
this association to Iran.”
Referring to the background of this union in
the field of energy, he added: “This union seeks to find new markets for German
products and meet the needs of this country from new destinations, and the
petrochemical field is one of the attractive fields for this prestigious and
long-standing union.”
Michael Schoon, the head of the Federal
Association for the Support of German Economy and Business, expressed his
satisfaction with the trip to Iran, stating: “Preparations for this trip
started two years ago; we have come to work with Iranian companies with mutual
trust, and the correct the false images that are on both sides. We seek
constructive and mutually respectful relationships.”
Abdul Ali Ali Askari, CEO of PGPIC, also said
in this meeting: “We hope that this trip will create a better impression of
Iran as a fertile, young and talented country.”
He added: “In a situation where countries
like the United States are struggling with several thousand billion dollars in
debt, Iran is a country that not only has no debt at the international level,
but also has significant demands due to unscrupulous sanctions, and this is a
suitable capacity for economic development.”
The CEO of the Persian Gulf Petrochemical
Industries Company (PGPIC) emphasized: “Iran, with its remarkable human
capacities, is a country that is very prone to grow every economic and
technical seed planted in it, given that during the unscrupulous era of the American
embargo, its growth continued and we are progressing.”
Ali Askari continued: “Sanctions were a
threat to our country, but with the efforts of these young people and Iranian
scientists, it became an opportunity, and today we have thousands of knowledge-based
companies that move at the edge of technology; if until a few years ago we were
a dependent country in the petrochemical industry, today we make about 80% of
petrochemical industry equipment and catalysts domestically.”