Iran persuading us to more actively use logistics route: Russia,  Armenia, Iran and Persian Gulf - Lukashenko

ArmInfo.  Iran is persuading us to more actively use the logistics direction: Russia, Armenia, Iran and the Persian Gulf, although Minsk needs this first of all. This  was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, in a  conversation with journalists following negotiations with his Iranian  counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Belarusian leader emphasized that Belarus welcomes Iran's  involvement in trade and economic processes in the Eurasian Economic  Union. According to him, the launch of a full-fledged free trade  agreement between the EAEU and Iran expands the geography of trade  relations, opens up new markets for the countries. The President is  confident that this is a significant contribution to the formation of  the foundation of a long-term strategic partnership between Iran and  the EAEU, which will strengthen the economic security of all its  participants.

"Iran is trying to persuade us to more actively use the logistics  route through Russia and Iran. Russia, Armenia, Iran and the Persian  Gulf. They are trying to persuade us! This is what we need first and  foremost," the head of state stated, as reported by his press  service.