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Iran, Finland sign wide-ranging deals focusing energy

Xinhua, October 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran and Finland on Wednesday signed four memoranda of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in a number of areas, official IRNA news agency reported.

Based on the agreements, both countries will cooperate in energy, communication and technology, natural resources and forest management, and investment sectors.

President Hassan Rouhani and his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto attended the signing ceremony at Tehran Sadabad Cultural Complex.

On Tuesday, Iran and Finland sealed an MoU on education, exploration and extraction of rare elements in the earth.

Niinisto arrived in Tehran on Tuesday with a high-profile delegation, including several Finnish entrepreneurs as well as political officials, in his two-day visit to the Islamic republic. Endit