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176353
Tue, 04/19/2011 - 08:41
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Iran plans to expand relations with BRICs
TEHRAN, April 19 (MNA) -- Iran’s plans to expand relations with the BRIC countries, (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), according to a high-ranking economic official.
On Monday, the IRNA news agency quoted Ali Agha-Mohammadi, a high-ranking economic planning official in the Vice President’s Office, as saying that international studies show that the BRIC nations will emerge as dominant global economic powers in the next five to ten years.
Ali Agha-Mohammadi said expanding ties with BRIC countries is Iran’s first economic priority, and afterwards the country will make efforts to strengthen economic relations with the other countries of the Next Eleven (N-11) group.
In December 2005, the Next Eleven countries -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam -- were identified by the Goldman Sachs investment bank as having a high potential of becoming, along with the BRICs, the world’s largest economies in the 21st century.
Among the second group of countries, improving relations with Turkey has special importance for Iran, Agha-Mohammadi added.
In order to boost tourism, Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey plan to create a special regional zone requiring only one visa, similar to the Schengen visitor visa used in Europe, he stated.
The four countries’ initiative to introduce a regional visa, dubbed the Shamgen visa, is an important step toward boosting regional cooperation among Islamic countries.
The word Shamgen comes from the word Sham, which was a historical name for ancient Greater Syria.
The idea for a Shamgen regional visa was first proposed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On Monday, the IRNA news agency quoted Ali Agha-Mohammadi, a high-ranking economic planning official in the Vice President’s Office, as saying that international studies show that the BRIC nations will emerge as dominant global economic powers in the next five to ten years.
Ali Agha-Mohammadi said expanding ties with BRIC countries is Iran’s first economic priority, and afterwards the country will make efforts to strengthen economic relations with the other countries of the Next Eleven (N-11) group.
In December 2005, the Next Eleven countries -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam -- were identified by the Goldman Sachs investment bank as having a high potential of becoming, along with the BRICs, the world’s largest economies in the 21st century.
Among the second group of countries, improving relations with Turkey has special importance for Iran, Agha-Mohammadi added.
In order to boost tourism, Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey plan to create a special regional zone requiring only one visa, similar to the Schengen visitor visa used in Europe, he stated.
The four countries’ initiative to introduce a regional visa, dubbed the Shamgen visa, is an important step toward boosting regional cooperation among Islamic countries.
The word Shamgen comes from the word Sham, which was a historical name for ancient Greater Syria.
The idea for a Shamgen regional visa was first proposed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
