The Iranian president, who took office in August 2021, is travelling with a large delegation. That includes the newly appointed governor of the central bank, underscoring his top priorities for the journey.
The group also includes six members of Raisi’s cabinet, including the ministers of the economy, petroleum, foreign affairs, trade, transport and urban development, and agriculture.
In an opinion piece that was published on Monday in a prestigious Chinese journal. Raisi expressed his support for strengthening bilateral ties. After Raisi and Xi meet, there will be negotiations between the delegations. That are anticipated to result in the signing of a number of agreements in front of the presidents.
The primary objective of the trip, according to Mohammad Jamshidi. Raisi’s political affairs deputy, was to “finalise the operational processes”. The 25-year comprehensive cooperation deal that the two nations inked in 2021.
According to an Iranian investment official, China made just $162 million in economic investments in Iran. Furthermore, during the first year of Raisi’s administration, less than both Afghanistan and Turkey combined.
However, China continues to be Iran’s top trading partner; according to Iranian customs figures. This is for the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year, which ends in March. Iran purchased $12.7 billion from China and exported $12.6 billion.
Moreover, these initiatives can be categorised under the headings of breeding and nutrition for industrial livestock production. And seed breeding, and rice production in salty water. According to Sadati Nejad at a meeting with Professor Kongming Wu, the head of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
He said that the Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization has a large number of scientists. Whereas their research findings should be clarified and translated for farmers so that they may be used in the field.
The CAAS’s knowledge was transferred to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture according to Kongming Wu. We also sent the academy’s knowledge to research facilities and made it available to farmers.
